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Timo Juhani Soini (born 30 May 1962) is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and leader of the Finns Party. He has served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs, since 2015. He was elected as a member of the Espoo city council in 2000 and the Parliament of Finland in 2003. In the 2009 European Parliament election he won a seat in the European Parliament with Finland's highest personal vote share (nearly 10% of all votes), becoming the first member of the Finns Party in the European Parliament.〔http://www.hs.fi/english/article/bSUNDAY+NIGHTb+True+Finns+and+Greens+advance+in+European+Parliament+elections+as+big+parties+suffer/1135246579175〕 He was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2011, when he returned to the Finnish Parliament. In the 2011 parliamentary election, his party won 19.1% of the votes, which was described as "shocking" and "exceptional" by the Finnish media.〔(Helsingin Sanomat, April 18 2011, 'SUNDAY EVENING : ELECTION SPECIAL' )〕 Soini himself won the most votes of all candidates,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Soini nousi äänikuninkaaksi )〕 leaving behind the Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb and the Minister of Finance Jyrki Katainen in their Uusimaa electoral district.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vaalit 2011 )〕 ''Helsingin Sanomat'' concluded that "Timo Soini rewrote the electoral history books".〔(Helsingin Sanomat, April 18 2011, 'EDITORIAL: Timo Soini rewrote the electoral history books' )〕 Soini has become one of the internationally best-known critics of European Union bailouts and safety mechanisms. Following the 2015 parliamentary election, his party joined a coalition government and Soini became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in May 2015. ==Personal background== Timo Soini worked for the food company ''Linkosuo Oy'' for two summers in 1981 and 1982 and was Secretary General and Chairman of the ''Kehittyvän Suomen Nuorten Liitto'' (Youth league of developing Finland) from 1983 to 1992. He graduated as Master of Political Science from the University of Helsinki in 1988, majoring in political theory. His military rank is Corporal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eduskunta - edustajamatrikkeli )〕〔Note: Finland has universal male conscription, with most men serving either six, nine or twelve months and then transferring to the Reserve.〕 He is a devout Roman Catholic, which he became as a result of his experiences on his many trips to Ireland (in Finland the Catholic Church is a small minority church having merely 11 000 members). He was also influenced by the pope's anti-communism and anti-atheism. Soini has also publicly announced that he is a cordial friend of the state of Israel.〔http://areena.yle.fi/video/1301603590451 Vaalit 2011: Neljä suurta tentissä〕 According to the BBC, Soini is "a die-hard supporter" of English football club Millwall FC. Soini currently lives in the Kaitaa district of Espoo, in the Greater Helsinki area, and he has resided in the same apartment block since 1968. He is married and has two children.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timo Soini」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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