Sakari Puisto
Minister of Economic Affairs
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Finland
In 2023, Sakari Puisto was elected for the second term in the Parliament from Pirkanmaa constituency. Before taking office as Minister of Economic Affairs, he has acted as the Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee and a deputy member of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the current parliamentary season. He has also been a member of the Parliamentary Council which oversees the activities of Bank of Finland and Financial Supervisory Authority, and the supervisory board of Finnfund, Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation. In 2025, he was elected to his third term as City Councillor in his hometown Tampere.
Before his path to politics and becoming an MP, he worked in both private sector and universities, of which a couple of years in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
