Juhana Vartiainen is the current Mayor of Helsinki and a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Finnish Parliament in 2015-2021. After winning the local election in Helsinki, Mr. Vartiainen became the Mayor of the capital on 2 August 2021. With a PhD in economics, Mr. Vartiainen has worked in several economic research institutes in Finland and Sweden both as a director and a researcher up to his election to the parliament in 2015.