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'''Jussi Niinistö''' (born 27 October 1970 in [[Helsinki]]) is a Finnish politician and a former [[Minister of Defence (Finland)|Minister of Defence]]. Since 2011, he has been a member of [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]], representing the [[True Finns|Finns Party]] 2011–2017 and [[Blue Reform]] since 2017. By occupation he is a military historian, a [[docent]] of Finnish history in the [[University of Helsinki]] and a docent of military history in the [[Finnish National Defence University]]. In 2013 he was elected as the first vice-chairman of the True Finns,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/perussuomalaisten_varapuheenjohtajiksi_niinisto_mantyla_ja_eerola/6711204|title=Perussuomalaisten varapuheenjohtajiksi Niinistö, Mäntylä ja Eerola|website=Yle Uutiset}}</ref> but lost his seat in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/new_leader_halla-aho_to_push_finns_party_in_nationalistic_eurosceptic_direction/9663481|title=New leader Halla-aho to push Finns Party in nationalistic, Eurosceptic direction|publisher=}}</ref>
Niinistö was a member of the municipal council of [[Nurmijärvi]] 2009–2015 and the chairman of the Finns Party deputy group of the council 2009–2014. In August 2015, Niinistö moved to Helsinki and left the municipal council.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/artikkeli/-/asset_publisher/puolustusministeri-niinisto-muuttaa-helsinkiin|title=Puolustusministeri Niinistö muuttaa Helsinkiin |publisher=Valtioneuvosto|date=27 June 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2017}}</ref> In the 2017 [[2017 Finnish municipal elections
On 13 June 2017, Niinistö and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the [[New Alternative]] parliamentary group, which would later became the [[Blue Reform]] party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9666816|title=Tällainen on Uusi vaihtoehto – Nämä kansanedustajat jättivät perussuomalaiset |publisher=Yle |date=13 June 2017 |accessdate=13 June 2017}}</ref> He took part in the [[2019 Finnish parliamentary election|2019 parliamentary election]] as a candidate of the Blue Reform, but was not elected.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministeri toisensa jälkeen putosi eduskunnasta – he joutuvat hakemaan uutta työtä |work=Iltalehti |date=15 April 2019 |access-date=18 April 2019 |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/eduskuntavaalit-2019/a/1a301de3-381f-4695-92b9-1a5b70f90d73 |language=Finnish}}</ref>
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