Ville Niinistö

Ville Matti Niinistö (born 30 July 1976) is a Finnish politician. He is a member of the parliament, current chairperson of the Green League and served as Minister of the Environment from 2011 to 2014, and a member of the city council of Turku. Niinistö has a master's degree in political science from the University of Turku. Before being elected to the parliament in 2007 he worked as a doctorate student in political history (Finnish foreign policy) at the University of Turku in Finland.