Personal details

Minister of Justice Tuija Brax

 

Minister of Justice, 19 April 2007 to present

Master of Laws, Member of Parliament

Green League

Date and place of birth: 6 January 1965, Helsinki

Place of residence: Helsinki

 

Green League, Party Leader 1995-1997

 

Member of Parliament, 1995 to present

Forum for International Affairs, Member 2006-2007

Speaker’s Council, Member 2003-2007

Legal Affairs Committee, Chair 2003-2007

Grand Committee, Member 1995-2003

Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council, Member 2000-2003

Green League parliamentary group, Chair 1995

 

Green League parliamentary group, Senior Officer for Legislative Affairs 1990-1995

 

Helsinki City Council, Member 1993-2000, 2005 to present

Helsinki City Council, 2nd Vice Chair 1998-1999

Helsinki City Board, Member or Deputy Member 1991-1995

 

Working group for developing elite sports, Member 2003-2007

Church Council for International Relations, Member 2004-2007

Finnish Antidoping Agency, Board Member 2002-2003, Deputy Board Member 2004-2007

Church Consultation Committee for Human Rights, Vice Chair 1998-2007

Finnish Sports Federation, Board Member 2001-2004, Deputy Chair of the Board 2004-2007

Civil Society 2006 Committee, Ministry of Education, Member 2004-2006

National Sports Council, Member 1999-2003

Committee on the development of health-enhancing physical activity, Chair 2001-2002

National Sports Council, Section of Adaptive Sport, Chair 1999-2003

Committee mandated to prepare a new Government Act, Member 2001-2002

Convention preparing the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Member 1999-2000

Electoral Act Committee, Member 1999-2000

Committee for Freedom of Speech, Member 1998-2000

Finnish League for Human Rights, Board Member 1998-2007

Working group on Nature Conservation Act, Member 1993-1995

 

Spouse: Adventure Manager Antti Lauri Brax 1989 to present 

Children: Aarni (1993), Arttu (1997)