Liisa Jaakonsaari
Liisa Anneli Jaakonsaari is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2019. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.
Jaakonsaari was a city councillor in Oulu from 1972 until 1995. She was also a member of the Finnish parliament from 1979 until 2009, when she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. Jaakonsaari was the Minister of Labour in Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet.
Unlike her party, Jaakonsaari advocated NATO membership already before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.