Urpilainen Jutta

Biography

Jutta Urpilainen oversees the European Commission’s work on international cooperation and sustainable development as the European Commissioner for International Partnerships. Before joining the Commission, she served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 2003 to 2019. In 2008, she became the first woman leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. From 2011 to 2014, she served as Finland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. During that time, Jutta Urpilainen became closely involved in development issues, joining the Development Committee of the World Bank Group and IMF and chairing the Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development. She served as the Foreign Minister’s Special Representative on Mediation (2017-19) and chaired the Finnish National Commission for UNESCO (2015-18). Commissioner Urpilainen was born in 1975. She is married and has two children.