Gestrin, Christina

Name: Ms Christina Gestrin MP

Years active: 26.04.2000 - 18.03.2003, 28.03.2003 -

Party: Swedish Parliamentary Group

Constituency: Uusimaa

Roles

Present memberships in committees:

• Grand Committee (member) 07.11.2013 -
• Working Subcommittee of the Grand Committee (member) 07.11.2013 -
• Environment Committee (member) 03.04.2007 -
• Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council (member) 04.04.2007 -
• Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (member) 01.06.2007 - 31.05.2015
• Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (deputy member) 30.06.2011 -

Earlier memberships in committees:

• Education and Culture Committee (deputy member) 03.05.2000 - 05.02.2002, (deputy member) 18.06.2002 - 18.03.2003
• Committee for the Future (member) 03.05.2000 - 05.02.2002, (member) 18.06.2002 - 18.03.2003, (deputy member) 02.04.2003 - 25.04.2003
• Environment Committee (member) 03.05.2000 - 05.02.2002, (member) 18.06.2002 - 18.03.2003, (member) 29.04.2003 - 26.09.2003, (member) 07.09.2005 - 06.09.2006
• Grand Committee (member) 02.04.2003 - 20.07.2004
• Finance Committee (deputy member) 02.04.2003 - 20.07.2004, (member) 09.09.2004 - 19.04.2011
• Tax Subcommittee (additional member) 08.04.2003 - 05.05.2003
• Subcommittee for Education and Science (member) 08.04.2003 - 05.05.2003, (member) 04.05.2007 - 19.04.2011
• Subcommittee for Social and Labour Affairs (member) 08.04.2003 - 05.05.2003
• Agriculture Subcommittee (member) 06.05.2003 - 20.07.2004, (member) 09.09.2004 - 20.03.2007, (member) 04.05.2007 - 19.04.2011
• Communications Subcommittee (additional member) 06.05.2003 - 20.07.2004, (additional member) 09.09.2004 - 20.03.2007
• Constitutional Law Committee (deputy member) 03.04.2007 - 19.04.2011
• Foreign Affairs Committee (member) 03.05.2011 - 06.11.2013
• Inter-Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group (deputy member) 14.05.2003 - 19.07.2004, (member) 20.07.2004 - 20.03.2007

Parliamentary groups:

• Swedish Parliamentary Group 26.04.2000 - 18.03.2003, 28.03.2003 -

Position in the parliamentary group:

• Swedish Parliamentary Group (chair) 15.04.2003 - 17.04.2007

MB:

• 26.04.2000 - 18.03.2003 Predecessor as an MP: Erlund, Rainer /

MB:

• 28.03.2003 - Predecessor as an MP: Thors, Astrid / Representative Thors elected to European Parliament

Education

She attended the University of Helsinki where he obtained a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry. In addition, he has done a National Defence Course.

History

She worked at the Finnish Society for Nature and Environment, as a head of nature school in Siuntio and as an EU attaché and planner at the Ministry of the Environment. In addition she worked as a special adviser to the Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ole Norrback, at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as well as to the Minister of Health and Social Services, Eva Biaudet, at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

External Links and References

• Parliament of Finland