{{Short description|Finnish politician (born 1953)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lauri Lyly | image = Lauri Lyly.jpg | caption = Lyly in 2009 | party = SDP | children = 3 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|2|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Seinäjoki, Finland | office = Mayor of Tampere | predecessor = Anna-Kaisa Ikonen | term_start = 12 June 2017 | term_end = 16 August 2021 | spouse = Tuula Lyly | succeeded = Anna-Kaisa Ikonen }}
'''Lauri Matias Lyly''' (born 20 February 1953, Seinäjoki) is a Finnish trade unionist and politician who served as the mayor of Tampere since 2017 until 2021. He is married with Tuula Lyly and the couple has three children.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Pitkä tie huipulle: Tampereen pormestari Lauri Lyly lähti kotoa 15-vuotiaana - "se oli aika yksinäistäkin aikaa"|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/201708022200302042|access-date=2021-05-31|website=www.iltalehti.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
== Early life and career == Lyly was born in Seinäjoki, in 1953. His father worked as a painter and mother as a sewer. He left his childhood home at the age of 15 and moved to Vaasa in order to study.<ref name=":0" /> In 1971 he became an electrician. After this be became a technician.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2004|title=Lauri Lyly|url=http://www.sak.fi/ajankohtaista_tiedotteet.shtml?3850|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050117084225/http://www.sak.fi/ajankohtaista_tiedotteet.shtml?3850|archive-date=17 January 2005|access-date=31 May 2021|website=SAK|language=fi}}</ref>
Between 1972–1989 Lyly worked as an electric technician in a few places around Western Finland. In 1989 he became a trade unionist as he started as secretary in Finnish Electrical Workers' Union.<ref name=":1" /> In 1997 he was elected as the chairperson of the union.<ref>{{Cite web|date=1997-10-26|title=Lauri Lyly nousi Sähköliiton puheenjohtajaksi|url=https://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/art-2000003669662.html|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Helsingin Sanomat|language=fi}}</ref> Between 2009–2016 he was the chairperson of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions after which he retired.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-13|title=Tällainen mies on Lauri Lyly: rauhallinen, sitkeä neuvottelija, kestää valvomista ja lukee paljon|url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/ihmiset/art-2000007539756.html|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Aamulehti|language=fi}}</ref>
== Political career and as mayor == In February 2017 Lyly came back from the retirement and decided to run in municipal election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-21|title=Lauri Lyly SDP:n kuntavaaliehdokkaaksi – keskittyy uusien työpaikkojen luomiseen|url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/lauri-lyly-sdp-n-kuntavaaliehdokkaaksi-keskittyy-uusien-tyopaikkojen-luomiseen/6319286|access-date=2021-05-31|website=mtvuutiset.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
Lyly was elected as the mayor of Tampere on 12 June 2017 after that year's municipal election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lauri Lyly valittiin Tampereen pormestariksi – "Soteuudistus on tänään kauempana kuin kertaakaan hallituskaudella"|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9665491|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref> As mayor Lyly's most important function is to be work as the chairperson of the city government. The number of 4-year-terms is not limited and the same person can be re-elected as mayor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-10-21|title=Pormestari Lauri Lyly|url=https://www.tampere.fi/tampereen-kaupunki/organisaatio/pormestari.html|access-date=2021-05-31|website=www.tampere.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
In January 2021 Lyly announced that he has been nominated as the mayoral candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Tampere in upcoming municipal election and is seeking re-election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lauri Lyly hakee toista nelivuotista Tampereen pormestarina|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11758772|access-date=2021-05-31|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref> Lyly received 2,492 votes, and Anna-Kaisa Ikonen from NCP was nominated as the mayor on August 16.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yle - Result service - Tampere - Pirkanmaan vaalipiiri - Municipal Elections 2021 - Yle.fi|url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/kv2021/en/regions/7/municipalities/837|access-date=2021-08-22|website=vaalit.yle.fi|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna-Kaisa Ikonen valittiin Tampereen pormestariksi – uudeksi kansanedustajaksi nousee tunnettu murhatutkija Jari Kinnunen|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12060232|access-date=2021-08-22|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}</ref>
== References == <references />
{{Mayors of Tampere}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyly, Lauri}} Category:1953 births Category:Living people Category:Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Category:Mayors of Tampere Category:Finnish trade union leaders Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (2023–2027)