Russia's warnings to not join NATO have done little to dampen the resolve of Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin. At just 36, the world's youngest leader has pulled off one of the 'most important moments of Finnish history'.
Sanna Marin grew up in Pirkkala, raised by two mothers after her biological father left.
At just 20 years of age, Ms Marin entered politics, quickly moving up the ranks of the Social Democratic Party.the "valuable lesson" of reaching across the political divide to form a consensus.Postal strike controversy sends Marin into top officeIn late 2019, more than 10,000 workers from Finland's state-owned postal service went on strike over a proposal to shift 700 employees onto lower-paid contracts.
Enter Sanna Marin. The party council chose the first-term MP and transport minister of just six months to take over as leader and prime minister. "I have never thought about my age, or my gender. I only think about the issues which made me engage in politics," she told Finnish broadcaster YLE.
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