Antti Kurvinen

Personal details

Minister of Science and Culture 27 May 2021 to present
Lawyer, Master of Laws, Member of Parliament
Centre Party of Finland
Date and place of birth: 14 July 1986 Ylihärmä
Place of residence: Kauhava

Political career

Minister of Science and Culture 27 May 2021 to present

Centre Party Parliamentary Group, Chair 2019–2021
Centre Party, Deputy Party Leader 2016–2018
Centre Party, Party Council Member 2012–2014 and Board of Directors Member 2009–2013
Centre Party of South Ostrobothnia, Vice Chair 2014–2015
Finnish Centre Youth, Chair 2009–2013

Member of Parliament 2015 to present
Work in Parliament

Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia, Board Member 2013–2021 
Kauhava Local Council, Member 2008 to present, 1st Vice Chair, 2013–2021
Ylihärmä Local Council, Member 2006–2008
Youth Council of the municipality of Ylihärmä, Chair 2002–2005

Other work experience and societal responsibilities

Licensed Legal Counsel 2014–2015
Lawyer, Law Office Asianajotoimisto Ristikangas, Kinnunen & Koskinen Oy 2013–2015

Foundation for Municipal Development, Chair 2020–2021 
Yle – the Finnish Broadcasting Company, Administrative Council Member 2019–2021 
Advisory Board of Veteran’s Affairs, Member 2018–2021
Advisory Board for Ethnic Relations, Member 2016–2020
Youth Organisation Subsidy and Evaluation Committee, Vice Chair 2015–2019
The Amateur Theatre Association of Finland, Board Member 2011–2013
Union of Rural Education, Board Member 2009–2011
Conscripts’ Union, Board Member 2011
Student Union of the Centre Party, Chair 2009
Project Coordinator, Centre Party 2009

Association of Finnish Lawyers, Student Committee Member 2008–2009
Law Students' Association Artikla, Chair 2008
Student Union of the Centre Party, Board Member 2008
Lapland University, University Board Member 2007–2008

Publications

et al.: Uusi alku (New Beginning) 2010
Lastuja verstaastani  (Essays from My Office) 2018 

Other information

Family: spouse
Language skills: Finnish, Swedish and English
Interests: theatre, Finnish baseball