Lauri Lyly
Lyly in 2009
Mayor of Tampere
In office
12 June 2017 – 16 August 2021
Preceded byAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
Succeeded byAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
Personal details
Born (1953-02-20) 20 February 1953 (age 71)
Seinäjoki, Finland
Political partySDP
SpouseTuula Lyly
Children3

Lauri Matias Lyly (born 20 February 1953, Seinäjoki) is a Finnish trade unionist and politician who served as the mayor of Tampere since 2017 until 2021. He is married with Tuula Lyly and the couple has three children.[1]

Early life and career

Lyly was born in Seinäjoki, in 1953. His father worked as a painter and mother as a sewer. He left his childhood home at the age of 15 and moved to Vaasa in order to study.[1] In 1971 he became an electrician. After this be became a technician.[2]

Between 1972–1989 Lyly worked as an electric technician in a few places around Western Finland. In 1989 he became a trade unionist as he started as secretary in Finnish Electrical Workers' Union.[2] In 1997 he was elected as the chairperson of the union.[3] Between 2009–2016 he was the chairperson of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions after which he retired.[4]

Political career and as mayor

In February 2017 Lyly came back from the retirement and decided to run in municipal election.[5]

Lyly was elected as the mayor of Tampere on 12 June 2017 after that year's municipal election.[6] As mayor Lyly's most important function is to be work as the chairperson of the city government. The number of 4-year-terms is not limited and the same person can be re-elected as mayor.[7]

In January 2021 Lyly announced that he has been nominated as the mayoral candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Tampere in upcoming municipal election and is seeking re-election.[8] Lyly received 2,492 votes, and Anna-Kaisa Ikonen from NCP was nominated as the mayor on August 16.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pitkä tie huipulle: Tampereen pormestari Lauri Lyly lähti kotoa 15-vuotiaana - "se oli aika yksinäistäkin aikaa"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. ^ a b "Lauri Lyly". SAK (in Finnish). 2004. Archived from the original on 17 January 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Lauri Lyly nousi Sähköliiton puheenjohtajaksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 1997-10-26. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  4. ^ "Tällainen mies on Lauri Lyly: rauhallinen, sitkeä neuvottelija, kestää valvomista ja lukee paljon". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 2017-04-13. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  5. ^ "Lauri Lyly SDP:n kuntavaaliehdokkaaksi – keskittyy uusien työpaikkojen luomiseen". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  6. ^ "Lauri Lyly valittiin Tampereen pormestariksi – "Soteuudistus on tänään kauempana kuin kertaakaan hallituskaudella"". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  7. ^ "Pormestari Lauri Lyly". www.tampere.fi (in Finnish). 2015-10-21. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  8. ^ "Lauri Lyly hakee toista nelivuotista Tampereen pormestarina". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  9. ^ "Yle - Result service - Tampere - Pirkanmaan vaalipiiri - Municipal Elections 2021 - Yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  10. ^ "Anna-Kaisa Ikonen valittiin Tampereen pormestariksi – uudeksi kansanedustajaksi nousee tunnettu murhatutkija Jari Kinnunen". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-08-22.
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