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Abbreviation | Finnish: Vas Swedish: VF |
Chairperson | Li Andersson |
Secretary | Anna Mäkipää[1] |
General Secretary | Laura Koskinen |
Parliamentary group leader | Aino-Kaisa Pekonen |
First deputy chair | Veronika Honkasalo |
Founder | Claes Andersson |
Founded | 29 April 1990 |
Merger of | |
Headquarters | Lintulahdenkatu 10, 00500 Helsinki |
Newspaper | Kansan Uutiset |
Student wing | Vasemmisto-opiskelijat |
Youth wing | Left Youth |
Women's wing | Vasemmistonaiset[2] |
Children's wing | Pinskut |
Membership (2020) | ![]() |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing |
European affiliation | Now the People ![4] |
European Parliament group | The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL |
Nordic affiliation | Nordic Green Left Alliance |
Colours | Pink |
Eduskunta | 11 / 200 |
European Parliament | 3 / 15 |
Municipalities | 508 / 8,859 |
County seats | 100 / 1,379 |
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The Left Alliance (Finnish: Vasemmistoliitto [ˈʋɑsemːistoliːtːo], Vas; Swedish: Vänsterförbundet, VF) is a socialist political party in Finland.[5]
The Left Alliance was founded in 1990 as the chief successor of the left-wing Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). Although not as electorally successful as the SKDL, it has achieved some success, typically receiving around eight to ten percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. It has participated in five cabinets, most recently in the Marin Cabinet from 2019 to 2023. It is socialist,[6][7] specifically democratically socialist,[8] and it supports the principles of eco-socialism.[9][10]
The Left Alliance is a member of the Nordic Green Left Alliance. The party’s newspaper is the monthly Kansan Uutiset. It had two ministerial positions in the Finnish Government led by Sanna Marin, Li Andersson as the Minister of Education[11] and Hanna Sarkkinen as the Minister of Social Affairs and Health.[12]
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