Veteran politician Kimmo Sasi has died

Long-time National Coalition Party MP Ben Zyskowicz and Tampere Mayor Kalervo Kummola remember Sasi.

Long-time politician Kimmo Sasi died of a serious illness this morning in Helsinki.

Iltalehti tells what Kimmo Sasi's amazing and eventful career in Finnish politics was like. The greatest victories of Sasi's career took place in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Born in Tampere and died in Helsinki, Kimmo Kalevi Immeri Sasi (21.2.1952–16.4.2025) was one of the most prominent right-wing politicians of Finland's great upheaval. Opponents and even his own tried to label Sasi, a member of the National Coalition Party, a…

Petteri Orpo and Elina Valtonen remembered their party colleague on social media.

Former National Coalition Party MP and minister Kimmo Sasi has died at the age of 73. The news was confirmed to the news agency STT by Sasi's long-time friend and party colleague, MP Ben Zyskowicz. According to STT, Sasi died on Wednesday in Helsinki of a serious illness. Sasi served as an MP from 1983 to 2015 and was influential in the governments of Paavo Lipponen, among others, during his long career. He was first Minister of Transport and la…

Binga Tupamäki, the chairman of the National Coalition Party Youth, talks about her best memories with Kimmo Sasi.