Liisa Jaakonsaari
Liisa Anneli Jaakonsaari is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Jaakonsaari was a city councillor in Oulu from 1972 until 1995. She was also a member of the Finnish parliament from 1979 until 2009, when she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Jaakonsaari was the Minister of Labour in Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet.
Unlike her party, Jaakonsaari advocates NATO membership.
