12 Facts About Anna Kontula

Anna Liisa Kontula was born on 1977 and is a Finnish sociologist and an MP since 2011.

In 2019, Kontula declared herself the only communist in the current Finnish parliament and predicted that the economic system would collapse.

Anna Kontula was born on 30 March 1977 in Pori, Satakunta, Finland.

Anna Kontula completed her master's thesis in 2002 concerning the student movement of the 1970s.

Anna Kontula has completed multiple research projects on prostitution in Finland, such as a 2008 report published by the University of Tampere.

Anna Kontula's work has included evaluating the criminalization of prostitution and violence toward women.

Anna Kontula has researched many subjects, evaluating work restrictions, cultural norms and perceptions including attitudes towards public breast-feeding, aging construction workers, the impact of racism in the workplace and in housing among other topics.

In 2004, Anna Kontula was elected in the municipal elections to the Tampere City Council.

In 2008, she was elected again, and on both the 2008 and the 2012 elections, Anna Kontula had the second-largest number of votes of any Left Alliance candidate.

Anna Kontula was first elected to the Finnish Parliament in 2011, representing the Pirkanmaa constituency from the Left Alliance.

Anna Kontula is a member of the Committee for the Future and the Employment and Equality Committee, having previously served on the Constitutional Law Committee and the Employment and Equality Committee.

Anna Kontula said the group's aim was to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by crossing the border between Israel and Gaza.