Deputy Mayor (Public Works and Environmental Affairs)

Pekka Sauri

CURRICULUM VITÆ

Pekka Sauri has served as Deputy Mayor of the City of Helsinki since 2003, in charge of Public Works and Environmental Affairs. He was elected to the office as a Finnish Green League party member by Helsinki City Council, first for a seven-year term, and re-elected for another seven years in 2010.

Prior to his current office, Dr Sauri served in various positions in mental health counselling in Finland in 1975−2003. He was Chairman of the Green League of Finland in 1991−93. He also worked as a radio journalist in 1986−2002.

Dr Sauri’s long list of positions of trust over the past 21 years, both in Finland and internationally, include chairmanship of the European Federation of Green Parties in 1994−97.

Dr Sauri holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Brunel University, London, U.K.
 

Contact:

Deputy Mayor Pekka Sauri, tel. (+358 9) 310 36030, email pekka.sauri@hel.fi

Executive Assistant Seija Lumme, tel. (+358 9) 310 36031, email seija.lumme@hel.fi

Mailing address: POB 1, FI-00099 City of Helsinki, Finland