Kaisa Hiilelä
Kaisa Hiilelä | |
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![]() Kaisa Hiilelä in 1930 | |
Member of the Finnish Parliament for Häme North constituency | |
In office 21 October 1930 – 21 July 1958 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 23 October 1891 Lempäälä, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Died | 4 April 1977 Tampere, Finland | (aged 85)
Political party | Social Democratic Party of Finland |
Amanda Katariina (Kaisa) Hiilelä (born Hildén, 23 October 1891 – 4 April 1977) was a Finnish politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland 1930–1958 for the Social Democratic Party of Finland.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Hiilelä worked as a maid until 1907 when she was employed by the Finlayson cotton mill in Tampere. She joined the Social Democratic Party in 1908. In 1916-1919 Hiilelä worked as a treasurer of the Tampere Workers' Society and 1920–1946 the treasurer and secretary of the Paperworkers' Union.[1]
Hiilelä was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 1930. She was a member of the electoral college in the 1931, 1950 and 1956 presidential elections and a member of the Tampere City Council.[1]
Family
[edit]Kaisa Hiilelä's sister was the politician Ida Vihuri. The Minister of Education Reino Oittinen was their nephew.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kaisa Hiilelä" (in Finnish). Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Ripatti, Viljo (1992). R. H. Oittinen: työväen sivistäjästä koulun uudistajaksi. Helsinki: Tammi. p. 8–11. ISBN 951-31003-4-0.