Veronika Honkasalo

Finnish politician (born 1975)

Veronika Honkasalo

Honkasalo in 2018

Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki

Incumbent

Assumed office
17 April 2019
Personal details
Born| 7 July 1975
Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
Political party| Left Alliance

Veronika Honkasalo (born 7 July 1975 in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Left Alliance at the Helsinki constituency.[1]

## Academic career

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She earned a doctorate in social sciences in 2012 and was appointed an associate professor in 2018.[1] She is a researcher at the Youth Research Society[2] and has published several papers on youth related research.[2][3]

## Political career

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She entered the city council of Helsinki in 2012 and was elected to the Finnish parliament in 2019.[4]

### Political positions

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She is opposed to Palestinians being forcibly expelled from their land to make way for Israeli settlements and introduced a motion proposing an import ban on products produced by the inhabitants of such settlements[5] in accordance with Article 49 of the Geneva Convention.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Veronika Honkasalo". www.eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
2. ^ a b "Veronika Honkasalo". ResearchGate.
3. ^ Honkasalo, Veronika (1 December 2013). ""Save the Girls!" Gender Equality and Multiculturalism in Finnish Youth Work Contexts". Girlhood Studies. 6 (2): 47–68\. doi:10.3167/ghs.2013.060205. ISSN 1938-8322.
4. ^ "Veronika Honkasalo - For human rights, the climate and the welfare state". Veronika Honkasalo (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 July 2022.
5. ^ "MP Veronika Honkasalo, Left Alliance, Finland: We must stop supporting illegal Israeli settlements". Vasemmistoliitto (in Finnish). 21 December 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
6. ^ "Legislative motion: Act on the prohibition to import goods originating from certain occupied territories" (PDF). Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.

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