Lauri Lyly | |
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Mayor of Tampere | |
In office 12 June 2017 – 16 August 2021 | |
Preceded by | Anna-Kaisa Ikonen |
Succeeded by | Anna-Kaisa Ikonen |
Personal details | |
Born | Seinäjoki, Finland | 20 February 1953
Political party | SDP |
Spouse | Tuula Lyly |
Children | 3 |
Lauri Matias Lyly (born 20 February 1953, Seinäjoki) is a Finnish trade unionist and politician who served as the mayor of Tampere since 2017 until 2021. He is married with Tuula Lyly and the couple has three children. [1]
Lyly was born in Seinäjoki, in 1953. His father worked as a painter and mother as a sewer. He left his childhood home at the age of 15 and moved to Vaasa in order to study. [1] In 1971 he became an electrician. After this be became a technician. [2]
Between 1972–1989 Lyly worked as an electric technician in a few places around Western Finland. In 1989 he became a trade unionist as he started as secretary in Finnish Electrical Workers' Union. [2] In 1997 he was elected as the chairperson of the union. [3] Between 2009–2016 he was the chairperson of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions after which he retired. [4]
In February 2017 Lyly came back from the retirement and decided to run in municipal election. [5]
Lyly was elected as the mayor of Tampere on 12 June 2017 after that year's municipal election. [6] As mayor Lyly's most important function is to be work as the chairperson of the city government. The number of 4-year-terms is not limited and the same person can be re-elected as mayor. [7]
In January 2021 Lyly announced that he has been nominated as the mayoral candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Tampere in upcoming municipal election and is seeking re-election. [8] Lyly received 2,492 votes, and Anna-Kaisa Ikonen from NCP was nominated as the mayor on August 16. [9] [10]
Lauri Lyly | |
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Mayor of Tampere | |
In office 12 June 2017 – 16 August 2021 | |
Preceded by | Anna-Kaisa Ikonen |
Succeeded by | Anna-Kaisa Ikonen |
Personal details | |
Born | Seinäjoki, Finland | 20 February 1953
Political party | SDP |
Spouse | Tuula Lyly |
Children | 3 |
Lauri Matias Lyly (born 20 February 1953, Seinäjoki) is a Finnish trade unionist and politician who served as the mayor of Tampere since 2017 until 2021. He is married with Tuula Lyly and the couple has three children. [1]
Lyly was born in Seinäjoki, in 1953. His father worked as a painter and mother as a sewer. He left his childhood home at the age of 15 and moved to Vaasa in order to study. [1] In 1971 he became an electrician. After this be became a technician. [2]
Between 1972–1989 Lyly worked as an electric technician in a few places around Western Finland. In 1989 he became a trade unionist as he started as secretary in Finnish Electrical Workers' Union. [2] In 1997 he was elected as the chairperson of the union. [3] Between 2009–2016 he was the chairperson of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions after which he retired. [4]
In February 2017 Lyly came back from the retirement and decided to run in municipal election. [5]
Lyly was elected as the mayor of Tampere on 12 June 2017 after that year's municipal election. [6] As mayor Lyly's most important function is to be work as the chairperson of the city government. The number of 4-year-terms is not limited and the same person can be re-elected as mayor. [7]
In January 2021 Lyly announced that he has been nominated as the mayoral candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Tampere in upcoming municipal election and is seeking re-election. [8] Lyly received 2,492 votes, and Anna-Kaisa Ikonen from NCP was nominated as the mayor on August 16. [9] [10]