Thomas Blomqvist

Thomas Blomqvist (born 15 January 1965) is a Finnish politician, born in Ekenäs in current Raseborg. Before entering to the national politics he worked as a farmer and an entrepreneur.[1]

Thomas Blomqvist
Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality
Assumed office
6 June 2019
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Sanna Marin
Personal details
Born (1965-01-15) 15 January 1965
Ekenäs, Uusimaa, Finland
Political partySwedish People's Party
OccupationFarmer, entrepreneur
Websitehttps://www.thomasblomqvist.fi

Blomqvist was elected to the municipal council of Ekenäs in 1993. In 2009 he was elected to the municipal council of Raseborg (to which Ekenäs had joined) and has held his position ever since.[2]

He was elected to the Finnish Parliament for the Swedish People's Party in 2007, from the constituency of Uusimaa.[2] In 2019 he was re-elected to the parliament for the term 2019–2023.[3] He was appointed Minister for Nordic Cooperation Antti Rinne's cabinet in 2019.[2][4] After the collapse of the cabinet in December 2019, Blomqvist continued in the same position in the following Marin Cabinet.[5]

Blomqvist is married and the couple has three children.[6]

References
  1. "Thomas Blomqvist". Metoo. 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. "Thomas Blomqvist". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Parliamentary Elections 2019". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. "Thomas Blomqvist. Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Equality". valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. "Tässä ovat Marinin hallituksen ministerit – joukko äänikuningattaria, pikapaluun tekijä, maailman nuorin pääministeri" (in Finnish). Yle. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  6. "Thomas". www.thomasblomqvist.fi. Retrieved 20 August 2020.


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