Sebastian Tynkkynen
Sebastian Tynkkynen | |
|---|---|
 Tynkkynen in 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament forFinland | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament forOulu | |
| In office 17 April 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1989 Oulu,Finland |
| Political party | Finns Party(2012–present) |
| Domestic partner | Alan da Silva |
Miika Sebastian Tynkkynen(born 8 March 1989) is a Finnish politician. He has been chairman of theFinns Party Youthand third vice chairman of theFinns Party.[1]He was elected as a member ofFinnish Parliamentin April 2019 and was a candidate asMember of European Parliamentfor the2019 elections.
Early life
[edit]Tynkkynen was raised inOulu.In 2011 he participated in the reality television showBig Brother.[2]He studied to become a classroom teacher (M. Ed.) in theUniversity of Oulu,but didn't finish his studies.
Political career
[edit]In 2012 he joined the Finns Party[3]and ran for the City Council of Oulu, receiving 232 votes[4]but was not elected. In November 2014 Tynkkynen was elected chairman of the Finns Party Youth.[5]He received 1,474 votes[6]in the2015 parliamentary electionand was not elected to theParliament.However, Tynkkynen was elected third vice chairman of the Finns Party on 8 August 2015, defeating incumbentJuho Eerola.[7]
Tynkkynen criticized the Finns Party leadership for its politics in theSipilä Cabinet,calling for moreeuroskepticand anti-immigration politics.[8]In October 2015 he was expelled from the party. The official reason for this was that he had published a list of names of party members who called for a new party congress.[8]His expulsion was considered illegal by some experts.[2]In January 2016 Tynkkynen was allowed to rejoin the party although he had to give up his position as the vice chairman.[9]
On 20 November 2016 Tynkkynen was succeeded bySamuli Voutilaas the chairman of the Finns Party Youth.[10]In late 2018 Tynkkynen tried to regain the Finns Party Youth chairman seat[11]but he got fewer votes than the other candidateAsseri Kinnunen.
In January 2017, Tynkkynen was fined 300 euros for posting on Facebook, "The fewer Muslims in Finland, the better. [...] The less we see of Muslims, it is safer. We have to get rid of Islam before it is too late".[12]InApril 2017Tynkkynen was elected to the City Council of Oulu with 680 votes.[13]
In October 2019 Tynkkynen was convicted of ethnic agitation for the second time and issued a 50 day-fine (approximately 4000 euros based on his income) for comments on Muslims.[14]
From Friday 14 May to Saturday 15 May 2021, Tynkkynen gave the longest ever floor speech at the Parliament of Finland in the entire history of the parliament, lasting almost eight and a half hours from 6:06 PM on Friday to 2:30 AM on Saturday. He argued against the approval of the EU's stimulus package in the speech that was seen as afilibusterto delay the parliament's vote on the matter.[15]
In October 2021, Tynkkynen was convicted for a third time for inciting ethnic agitation, being issued a 70 day-fine (approximately 4400 euros).[16]
Personal life
[edit]Since the age of fifteen, Tynkkynen has described himself asbisexual.Later he has described himself ashomosexual.[17]He is currently in a relationship with a man fromMozambique.[18]Since childhood he had been aPentecostal,but he was excommunicated in 2018, because he sees same-sex marriage to be backed by the Bible. The Pentecostal Church does not hold this viewpoint and believes that Tynkkynen had strayed from the Pentecostal school of marriage. Tynkkynen claims that the reason for him being asked to leave the Church was that he was in a relationship with a man.[19]
References
[edit]- ^Tynkkynen, Sebastian."Esittely".sebastiantynkkynen.com.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^abTaskinen, Mika-Matti (16 August 2015)."Itsenäisen Suomen puolesta – BB-Sebastianin tie perussuomalaisten johtoon ja sieltä pois".MTV3 News.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Soinin kimppuun BB-talon opeilla - tällainen mies on Sebastian Tynkkynen".Iltalehti.17 October 2015.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Votes cast for candidates".Vaalit.fi.Ministry of Justice of Finland.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Sebastian Tynkkynen on valittu PS-Nuorten puheenjohtajaksi".Finns Party Youth.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Votes cast for candidates".Vaalit.fi.Ministry of Justice of Finland.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Sebastian Tynkkynen valittiin kolmanneksi varapuheenjohtajaksi".Ilta-Sanomat.8 August 2015.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^ab"Profile: Sebastian Tynkkynen, rebel in search of a party".Yle News.18 November 2015.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^Niemitalo, Mirja (21 January 2016)."Tynkkynen iloitsee ratkaisusta –" Suhteet Soiniin erinomaiset "".Kaleva.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Perussuomalaisten nuorten uusi puheenjohtaja on Samuli Voutila".Finns Party Youth. 20 November 2016.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Miltä näyttää ensi vuoden hallitus? Sinä päätät!" [What will the association board look like next year? You decide!].Rahvas(in Finnish). No. 4. Perussuomalaiset Nuoret. 7 November 2018. pp. 32–34.ISSN2323-6078.
- ^Hudson, David (26 January 2017)."Finland LGBTI politician avoids jail but is fined for inciting Islamophobia".Gay Star News.Retrieved15 April2017.
- ^"Elected".Vaalit.fi.Ministry of Justice of Finland.Retrieved14 April2017.
- ^"Kansanedustaja Sebastian Tynkkyselle jo toinen tuomio kiihottamisesta kansanryhmää vastaan".Yle.fi uutiset.10 October 2019.Retrieved10 June2020.
- ^Nurmi, Lauri; Haikonen, Matias:Keskustelu EU:n elvytyspaketista on päättynyt – Tynkkynen puhui yli 8 tuntia,Iltalehti15 May 2021. Accessed on 15 May 2021.
- ^"Finns Party MP convicted of ethnic agitation | Yle Uutiset".yle.fi.4 October 2021.Retrieved11 October2021.
- ^Vahti, Jukka (13 December 2013)."Mikä on joulun sanoma, Sebastian Tynkkynen?".Vihreä Lanka.Retrieved3 November2014.
- ^Asikainen, Hanna (23 November 2018)."Sebastian Tynkkynen erotettiin Oulun helluntaiseurakunnasta, koska hän haluaa naimisiin miehen kanssa – Professori:" Ihmisoikeusnäkökulmasta voitaisiin katsoa syrjinnäksi "".Yle.Yle uutiset.Retrieved21 April2019.
- ^Tynkkynen, Sebastian (19 March 2018)."Being a gay Christian and in relationship with a man?".YouTube.Retrieved21 April2019.