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Mika Poutala
Poutala in 2025

Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity
Incumbent
Assumed office 13 June 2025
Prime Minister	Petteri Orpo
Preceded by	Sandra Bergqvist
Member of Parliament for Uusimaa
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023

Personal details
Born	(1983-06-20) 20 June 1983 (age 42) Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
Party	Christian Democrats
Website	mikapoutala.fi

Mika Poutala

Personal information

Height

177 cm (5 ft 10 in)^[1]

Weight

79 kg (174 lb)

Sport

Country

Finland

Sport

Speed skating

Medal record

Men's speed skating

Representing Finland
European Single Distance Championships
	2018 Kolomna	500 m
	2018 Kolomna	Team Sprint

Updated on 7 February 2014

Mika Poutala (born 20 June 1983) is a Finnish politician and former speed skater who held a Finnish record in the sport.^[2] He finished 22nd at Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres. He has a business education and represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[3]

In 13 June 2025, he was appointed Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity in the Orpo Cabinet.^[4]

References

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^ "Mika Poutala". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
^ Speed skating news
^ Vancouver 2010
^ "Sakari Puisto appointed to serve as Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Poutala as Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2025-06-13.

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National Coalition Party (48)	Aalto-Setälä Autto Castrén (2024–) Eestilä Fagerström Grahn-Laasonen Häkkänen Hänninen Heinonen Heikkinen Ikonen Jukkola Jäntti Kaleva Kauma Kaunisto Kaunistola Keto-Huovinen Kilpi Kinnari Kiuru Kopra Koulumies Lahdenperä Laiho Limnéll Lindberg Marttinen Multala Mykkänen Orpo Paasi (2024–) Partanen Päivärinta Risikko Salla Sammallahti Sarkomaa Satonen Sirén Talvitie Toveri Valkonen Valtola Valtonen Vestman Vikman Väyrynen Wallinheimo Zyskowicz
Finns Party (46)	Aittakumpu‡ Antikainen Bergbom Eerola Elomaa Garedew Halla-aho Huhtasaari Huru Immonen Junnila Juuso Juvonen Kangas Keskisarja Koponen Koskela Laakso Lehtinen Lundén Meri Mäenpää Mäkelä Niemi Nieminen Peltokangas Piisinen Polvinen Puisto Purra Ranne Rantanen Rasinkangas (2024–) Reijonen Rintamäki Ronkainen Rostila Rydman Savio Seppänen Sillanpää Simula Strandman Tavio Tynkkynen Vigelius Vähämäki
Social Democrats (43)	Asell Berg Eloranta Eskelinen Filatov Gebhard Guzenina Haatainen Hamari (2023–) Harakka Heinäluoma Hiltunen Kaarisalo Kari Karlsson (2025–) Kiljunen Kiuru Kokko Koskinen Kumpula-Natri (2024–) Kvarnström Kymäläinen Laine-Nousimaa (2025–) Lindén Lindtman Lyly Malm Marin Marttila Merinen Mikkonen Mäkynen Nikkanen Nurminen Ojala-Niemelä Peltonen Perholehto Rantanen Razmyar Räsänen Skinnari Suhonen Tuppurainen Viitala Viitanen Väätäinen Werning
Centre Party (22)	Honkonen Hoskonen Huttunen Kaikkonen Kalli Kallio Kalmari Kemppi Kettunen Kontu (2025–) Kosonen Kulmuni Kurvinen Lintilä Lohi Mattila Mehtälä Oinas-Panuma Ovaska Riipi (2024–) Saarikko Savola Siponen Viljanen
Green League (13)	Alametsä (2024–) Diarra Elo Forsgrén Haavisto Harjanne Holopainen Hopsu Hyrkkö Mikkonen Ohisalo Pitko Tynkkynen Virta
Left Alliance (11)	Andersson Furuholm Honkasalo Jokelainen (2024–) Kivelä Kontula Koskela Kyllönen Lohikoski (2024–) Meriluoto Pekonen Saramo Sarkkinen Yrttiaho (2024–)
Swedish People's Party (9)	Adlercreutz Andersson Bergqvist Biaudet Henriksson Ingo (2024–) Norrback Ollikainen Strand Wickström
Christian Democrats (5)	Essayah Poutala Räsänen Tanus Östman
Movement Now (1)	Harkimo
Åland Coalition (1)	Löfström
Independent (1)	Vornanen‡
‡ = Elected under a different party. Italic = Left office before end of term.

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