Elina Valtonen

Elina Maria Valtonen (former Lepomäki) (born 23 October 1981 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician. A member of the National Coalition Party, she has represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since July 2014.[1] In the municipal election 2021 she collected the second highest number of votes and was elected a member of the City Council of Helsinki.[2]

Elina Valtonen
Elina Valtonen in 2008
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Uusimaa
Assumed office
4 July 2014
Personal details
Born (1981-10-23) 23 October 1981
Helsinki, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party
ResidenceEspoo
Alma materHelsinki University of Technology
Helsinki School of Economics
Websiteelinavaltonen.fi

As a child, Valtonen lived with her family in Bonn, Germany, and completed A-levels (Reifeprüfung diploma) at the German School in Helsinki.

Valtonen holds a master's degree in both technology and financial economics from Helsinki University of Technology and Helsinki School of Economics.[1] She is an owner in several technology start-ups and Chair of the Board in the free-market think tank Libera.[3]

Prior to entering politics in 2014, Valtonen spent 10 years in investment banking, as Director at Royal Bank of Scotland and as senior analyst at Nordea. She has developed a model for transforming the welfare state into a digital sharing economy, called the Life Account.[4] In 2018, she participated in the Bilderberg Conference in Turin.

In April 2016, Valtonen announced her candidature for the leadership of the National Coalition Party. In the first round of the leadership election on 11 June 2016 she received 15 percent of the votes and was not elected.[5]

In September 2020 Valtonen was elected as a new vice chairman of the Coalition Party.[6]

Valtonen has co-authored several reports on economics and the society such as "The Future of the Euro - The alternatives for Finland" (2014) and "The Life Account - A Social Security Reform" (2013).[4] In 2018, she published her book Vapauden Voitto (“Victory of Freedom”, Otava), on how to reform the Nordic welfare model and the European Union.

In September 2020, Valtonen filed for divorce from Jukka Lepomäki, and in April 2021 she announced that she changed her surname back to her maiden name.[7] Valtonen and Lepomäki have two children together.

References
  1. "Elina Lepomäki". Parliament of Finland.
  2. "Municipal election 2021 Result service". Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved Jan 9, 2022.
  3. "Mikä Libera?". Libera.
  4. "The Finnish model of welfare for the digital age". Financial Times. 2016-03-17.
  5. "Stubb ja Orpo taistelevat toisella kierroksella – Orpo tarvitsee voittoon vain 11 ääntä". Yle News.
  6. "Häkkänen, Lepomäki and Ikonen as vice chairmen of the Coalition Party". p. Yle Uutiset. Retrieved Jan 9, 2022.
  7. "Elina Lepomäki vaihtoi sukunimeään". Ilta-Sanomat. April 25, 2021.


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