{{Short description|Finnish politician (born 1974)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Minna Arve | office = 30px Mayor of Turku | image = Minna Arve.JPG | caption = Arve in 2015 | birth_date = 1974 | birth_place = Turku, Finland | party = NCP | predecessor = Aleksi Randell <small>(as town manager)</small> | term_start = 2017–2021<small>(as town manager)</small><br />2021–<small>(as mayor)</small> }}
'''Minna Arve''' (born 1974)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2014-09-25|title=Verkkouutiset: Arve Stubbin ehdokas puoluesihteeriksi|url=https://www.ts.fi/uutiset/680815|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Turun Sanomat|language=fi}}</ref> is a Finnish ex-politician who served as the mayor of Turku from August 2021 until June 2025. In August 2021 the post of the mayor became a local election based office instead of a hired position. She represented the National Coalition Party.
== Education == Arve first studied to become a nurse and graduated in 1996. She worked as a nurse before working for a medical company and writing her thesis economics at the Turku School of Economics and earned her master's degree in Marketing in 2004.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-10-16 |title=Turun uudeksi kaupunginjohtajaksi on valittu Minna Arve |url=https://www.turku.fi/uutinen/2017-10-16_turun-uudeksi-kaupunginjohtajaksi-valittu-minna-arve |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=City of Turku |language=fi}}</ref>
In addition to her mother tongue, Finnish, Arve also knows English, Swedish, French and German.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Ylen Vaalikone 2021 - Yles Valkompass 2021|url=https://vaalikone.yle.fi/kuntavaalit2021?lang=fi-FI|access-date=2021-09-07|website=vaalikone.yle.fi|language=fi}}</ref>
== Political career == Arve joined the NCP in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Minna Arve|url=https://www.themayor.eu/en/finland/turku/mayors/minna-arve-429|access-date=2021-09-07|website=themayor.eu|language=en}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2014 Arve was the chair of the city council of Turku.<ref name=":0" /> She worked as the party's general secretary from Oct 2014 to Jan 2016.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2014-10-04|title=Kokoomuksen uusi puoluesihteeri Minna Arve: Kokoomus on arvopuolue ja kansanpuolue|url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000002766654.html|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Helsingin Sanomat|language=fi}}</ref>
Arve was first elected into the city council of Turku in 2004.<ref name=":3" /> She has been reelected ever since. In 2017 the city council chose her as the town manager of Turku when her predecessor Aleksi Randell became the CEO of the Finnish construction industry's interest organisation.<ref name=":1" /> Next year ''Kuntalehti'', a Finnish magazine on municipal politics, published a comparison of 40 municipal manager's salaries, which placed Arve on the top with gross monthly income of 15,311 euros.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-03-07|title=Kuntajohtajien palkoissa isot erot – Kuntalehti kävi läpi tuoreet sopimukset|url=https://kuntalehti.fi/uutiset/paatoksenteko/kuntajohtajien-palkoissa-isot-erot-kuntalehti-kavi-lapi-tuoreet-sopimukset/|access-date=2021-09-07|website=Kuntalehti|language=fi}}</ref> In the 2021 municipal election, where she ran as her party's mayoral candidate, Arve got 1510 votes, third most in her party after MPs Petteri Orpo and Ilkka Kanerva.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yle - Result service - Turku - Varsinais-Suomen vaalipiiri - Municipal Elections 2021 |url=https://vaalit.yle.fi/kv2021/en/regions/3/municipalities/853 |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=vaalit.yle.fi |language=en}}</ref>
=== Political position === According to VAA published by Yle in 2021, Arve said that she is for needle exchange for the drug users in Turku, offering free protection to people under 25, and having a pride flag in public buildings.<ref name=":2" />
As Arve became the general secretary of NCP (Oct2014 to Jan2016) she described the party as a big tent with values.<ref name=":3" />
In March 2022, Arve courted controversy when upholding the banning of a Ukrainian flag being flown near the Russian consulate in Turku in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 March 2022 |title=Kaupunki esti turkulaismiehen mielenilmauksen Venäjän pääkonsulaatin edessä – tarkoituksena oli tuoda Ukrainan lippu ja lipputanko rakennuksen eteen |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12365039?fbclid=IwAR2Zq87OsWwdkgfszwUd-au48XvLc0qLyYTA5vkCKjWjz6_07f8ZFg9gLvk |access-date=12 Jan 2023 |website=Yle Uutiset}}</ref>
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