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Candidate in the Municipal Elections 2021 (National Coalition Party), candidate number 668

Member of the Espoo City Council 2013-

Member of the Espoo City Board 2019-2021

Public Affairs Manager for Cancer Society of Finland

simon[at]simonelo.fi
+35850 513 0687

Born on 8th of July 1986 in Lapinjärvi, Finland

Family: Wife and two sons

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, thesis about the Israeli interpretations of Israel’s War of Independence with a grade five out of five

Hobbies: Floorball, reading, history, videogames, movies, Premier League

Assignments in the Parliament of Finland (2015-2019)

  • Parliamentary Group Leader for Blue Reform 2017-2019
  • First Vice-Chair of the Grand Committee (EU-affairs)
  • Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 2017-2019
  • Vice-Member of the Finnish Delegation for the Parliamentary Assembly of OSCE
  • Chairman of the Parliamentary Videogame Society
  • Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Catalonia
  • Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for United Kingdom
  • Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for Japan
  • Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Friendship Group for India
  • Member of the Committee on Constitution 2015-2017
  • Vice-Chairman of the Executive Committee of Finnish Delegation for Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
  • Member of the Finnish Delegation for Nordic Council 2015-2018

Other commissions of trust

  • Member of the board in Espoo-Israel Friendship Association 2017-
  • Member of the board in Finnish Institute of International Affairs 2017-2021
  • Member of the board of National Coalition Party at Central and Northern Espoo 2020-

Memberships

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, National Coalition Party, supportive member of The Finnish War Veterans Association, The League of Finnish Israeli Societies, The League of Finnish American Societies