Eva Biaudet
| Eva Biaudet | |
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| Minister of Social Services | |
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In office 19 April 2002 – 17 April 2003 |
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| Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen |
| Preceded by | Osmo Soininvaara |
| Succeeded by | Liisa Hyssälä |
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In office 15 April 1999 – 25 April 2000 |
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| Prime Minister | Paavo Lipponen |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Osmo Soininvaara |
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| Born |
27 February 1961 Helsinki, Finland |
| Political party | Swedish People's Party |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
| Religion | Lutheranism |
Eva Rita Katarina Biaudet (born 27 February 1961) is a Finnish politician and Member of Parliament of Finland in the parliamentary group of the Swedish People's Party. She returned to the Finnish Parliament in the parliamentary election of April 2015. Eva Biaudet was Member of Parliament of Finland (1991–2006) and is a former Minister of Social Services (1999–2000 and 2002–2003). After the election of 2003 Biaudet did not want to continue as a cabinet minister.
Biaudet was appointed as the Ombudsman for Minorities for a term of five years period starting in 2010. Even though she had no official competence for the position, her references in the election were, according to Ritva Viljanen, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of the Interior, who appointed her, strong enough to validate her appointment, and she was given a special permission. A complaint was made concerning her nomination because she was formally unqualified for the office, as she lacked a university degree. Biaudet had studied law, but never graduated. The complaint did not succeed, as Biaudet was granted a special permission. Her lack of a university degree caused a lot of debate and brought accusations of politics in her appointment. Among others Green League member and a lawyer Husein Muhammed lodged a complaint against her, but none were sustained.
Eva Biaudet asked for preliminary investigation concerning the weblog writings of the vicar of the Pohja Evangelical Lutheran Parish Juha Molari. Biaudet suspected Molari of incitement. Eva Biaudet also asked the police to investigate Teuvo Hakkarainen's (The Finns Party) interview with Helsingin Sanomat, suspecting Hakkarainen of incitement against Muslims. The police saw no crime in his comments.
2012 Eva Biaudet was the Swedish People's Party candidate in the Finnish presidential election, finishing 7th with 2.7% of votes in the first round of voting. In June 2011 the U.S. credited Biaudet for her continued work against human trafficking.
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