Finland's former PM Sanna Marin leaves parliament for Blair foundation

The 37-year-old politician made the announcement following her decision to step down as her party's leader last week.

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00:00 Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has announced that she`s quitting politics

00:06 and will join a London-based non-profit organization.

00:09 The 37-year-old was one of Europe`s youngest leaders.

00:12 She will now become a strategic advisor for the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

00:17 (In Finnish)

00:18 I have a relatively large regulatory system that operates in more than 30 countries.

00:26 My main task will be to advise the governments and leaders of the countries.

00:35 (In Finnish)

00:37 Marin became her country`s most popular prime minister in decades after she took office

00:42 in 2019 when she was just 34 years old.

00:46 She led a five-party center-left governing coalition until April this year when she lost

00:51 her bid for re-election.

00:54 During her time in office, she received international praise for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic

00:58 and her vocal support of Ukraine.

01:00 And she even saw her country become the 31st member of NATO.

01:04 (In Finnish)

01:08 (whooshing)