Leena Luhtanen is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 politician and a former member of the cabinet. Luhtanen is a member of the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party of Finland

The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

, and served in the parliament from 1991 until 2007.

She served as the Minister of Transport and Communications in Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet

Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet

Matti Vanhanen's cabinet is the 69th cabinet of Finland. The previous cabinet, that of Anneli Jäätteenmäki, cabinet lasted only for 69 days, and it fell because of the Iraq-gate scandal....

 from 2003 to 2005, and thereafter as the Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Finland)

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 until the parliamentary elections of 2007. She was not re-elected.

Luhtanen has been a member in Espoo

Espoo

Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

city council since 1985.