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Jani Kokko

Jani Kokko
Member of the Parliament of Finland
Incumbent
Assumed office
2023
Personal details
Born1987
OccupationPolitician

Jani Kokko (born 1987) is a Finnish social-democratic politician.[1][2] He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2023 Parliamentary elections with 4,890 votes from the constituency of Central Finland.[3]

Biography

Previously, he was a PhD researcher at the Department of History and Ethnology at the University of Jyväskylä.[4] He has been a councillor in Muurame Municipality since 2009 and is the 1st vice-chairman of the Muurame Municipal council.[5] He is also the Chairman of the Regional Council of Central Finland. Kokko lives in Muurame.[6]

Kokko's master's thesis The voice of the nation: The Inaugural Addresses of US Presidents as a Genre of Political Speech from George Washington to Barack Obama was accepted by the Department of History and Ethnology at the University of Jyväskylä in August 2012.[7] He worked on the 2020 US presidential election[8] and on the NATO membership process as a Yle expert.[9] Kokko was one of the persons responsible for drafting the citizens' initiative on Finland's accession to NATO.[10]

In December 2022, Kokko, as chairman of the regional council, interpreted that a person employed by a welfare district directly under the regional government could not serve on the regional government and that the four board members or colour guard should resign from the regional government.[11] However, the regional government decided in December 2022 that the persons could continue as members of the regional government indefinitely.[12]

Kokko is a member of the board of directors of the Central Finland First Aid and Shelter Home Association and the Federal Board of the Association of First Aid and Shelter Homes.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Ylen Vaalikone 2023 – Yles Valkompass 2023". vaalikone.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  2. ^ "Jani Kokko". www.eduskunta.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  3. ^ "Keski-Suomen vaalipiiri, valitut". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  4. ^ "Kokko Jani, väitöskirjatutkija". Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  5. ^ a b "Vuoden valtuutettu -finalisti Jani Kokko: "Tulevaisuuden Muurame on elinvoimainen sivistyskunta – koulutuspalveluihin panostaminen on tärkeää"". demokraatti.fi (in Finnish). 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  6. ^ Jolkkonen, Emma (2022-02-25). "SDP esittää Jani Kokkoa Keski-Suomen aluevaltuuston puheenjohtajaksi – hallitukseen edustajia useilta eri paikkakunnilta". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  7. ^ Kokko, Jani (2012). "Kansakunnan ääni : Yhdysvaltain presidenttien virkaanastujaispuheet poliittisen puheen genrenä George Washingtonista Barack Obamaan". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Yle seuraa Yhdysvaltain presidentinvaalien tuloslaskentaa kanssasi – verkossa jatkuva seuranta, televisiossa ja radiossa erikoislähetys alkaa klo 2.30". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2020-11-03. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  9. ^ "Miten Yhdysvallat vaikuttaa Suomen Nato-jäsenyyteen? | Ylen aamu | Yle Areena". areena.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  10. ^ Nieminen, Katri (2022-03-02). "Muuramelainen Jani Kokko laati Nato-kansalaisaloitteen, joka kerää nyt hurjasti kannatusta – "Vaikka valtiojohto ei keskustelisi Nato-jäsenyydestä, kansa keskustelee"". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  11. ^ Nieminen, Katri (2022-12-01). ""Heidän on erottava", jyrähtää aluevaltuuston puheenjohtaja – Väyrysen, Vepsäläisen ja Hovikosken hallitustaival saattaa päättyä pian". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  12. ^ Nieminen, Katri (2022-12-08). "Hovikoski, Väyrynen ja Vepsäläinen saavat jatkaa aluehallituksessa toistaiseksi – näin linjausta perustelee puheenjohtaja Aula". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
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