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{{Short description|Finnish politician (born 1951)}}
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| name = Satu Hassi
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| image = Satu Hassi, Finland-MIP-Europaparlament-by-Leila-Paul-1.jpg
| office1              = [[Minister of Environment (Finland)|Minister of Environment]]
| term_start1          = 15 April 1999
| term_end1            = 31 May 2002
| primeminister1       = [[Paavo Lipponen]]
| predecessor1         = [[Pekka Haavisto]]
| successor1           = [[Jouni Backman]]
| office2              = Member of the [[European Parliament]] <br /> for [[Finland]]
| term_start2          = 20 July 2004
| term_end2            = 30 June 2014
| office3              = Member of the [[Finnish Parliament]]
| term_start3          = 22 April 2015
| term_end3            = 4 April 2023
| term_start4          = 22 March 1991
| term_end4            = 20 July 2004
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|6|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Uusimaa]], [[Finland]]
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| nationality = Finnish
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| party = [[Green League]]
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| website = [http://www.satuhassi.net/ www.satuhassi.net]
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[[File:Hassi, Satu (en).webm|thumb|Video Introduction '''(English)''' / [[:File:Hassi, Satu (fi).webm|(Finnish)]]]]

'''Satu Maijastiina Hassi''' (born 3 June 1951) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician, and former [[Member of the European Parliament]] for the [[Green League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers/ministers/-/min/satu-hassi|title=Minister Satu Hassi - Finnish Government}}</ref>  She served as the [[Minister of Environment (Finland)|Minister of Environment]] and Development Co-Operation in [[Paavo Lipponen]]'s second cabinet between 15 April 1999 and 31 May 2002. In accordance with her party's position on the issue, she quit the cabinet in protest of the government's [[Nuclear power in Finland|decision to build a fifth nuclear power plant]] in Finland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aamulehti.fi/uutiset/art-2000008717934.html|title=Veikko Vallin jättää eduskunnan heti ensimmäisen kauden jälkeen: ”En jaksa enää istua uskotellen, että voisin vaikuttaa johonkin” – Selvitimme kaikki Pirkanmaan luopujat ja jatkajat|first=Anita|last=Simola|date=April 1, 2022|website=Aamulehti}}</ref> Hassi served as the leader of her party between 1999 and 2001. She was a member of the national parliament from 1991 to 2004; she left the parliament when she was elected to the [[European Parliament]] as the sole Finnish Green representative in the [[2004 European Parliament election in Finland|2004 election]].

In the European Parliament she was the coordinator of the [[Greens/EFA]] parliamentary group in the [[European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety|Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]] and a vice member of the [[Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]]. She served in the European Parliament until 2014.<ref>[https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/363.aspx   Eduskunta Riksdagen website, ''Members of Parliament'', retrieved October 22, 2024]</ref>

In April 2015, Hassi was re-elected to the Finnish Parliament and took on the role as chairperson of the Environment Committee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Satu Hassi, Member of Parliament of Finland - Satu Hassi |url=https://www.satuhassi.fi/en/home/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=www.satuhassi.fi}}</ref> She remained in office following the election of 2019, but decided to retire at the end of the term in 2023, as the oldest woman in parliament at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Tulevaisuus on jotain aivan toista kuin mistä vaaleissa puhutaan, sanoo politiikan toimittaja Unto Hämäläinen |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20025352 |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}</ref>

Hassi was previously a [[Taistoism|taistoist]], a pro-Soviet member of the [[Communist Party of Finland|Communist Party]] in the 1970s. 

== Activities outside politics ==

Hassi has a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] in technology, has worked as an engineer in a power company and taught at [[Tampere University]] of Technology. She has published three novels, a collection of poems and several essays; she has also been co-author of a series of physics books for high school students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/1232810.Satu_Hassi|title=Books by Satu Hassi (Author of Mannerheim-solki ja punalippu)|website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref>

Hassi was a member of the board of directors of the former [[Worldwatch Institute]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ch20.org/speakers.htm|title=Ch+20 Conference Speakers|website=www.ch20.org}}</ref> She was also a vice chairman of the parliamentary network Globe EU.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.climateparl.net/directors-and-trustees|title=Directors and Trustees|website=Climate Parliament}}</ref>  She has been granted the Golden Peacock Global Award for Environmental Leadership, Hart World Refining Fuels Policy Award and the International Award for Outstanding Contribution for Environment of the Priyadarshni Academy.<ref>[http://www.satuhassi.net/en/cv/ Website of Satu Hassi. Retrieved July 25 2012.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906020047/http://www.satuhassi.net/en/cv/ |date=2012-09-06 }}</ref>

Hassi is a [[breast cancer]] survivor.<ref>[http://www.mtv3.fi/viihde/uutiset/muut.shtml/826463?cronberg_tarja Lehti: Työministeri Cronbergillä rintasyöpä]</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{in lang|fi}} [http://www.satuhassi.net/ Official website]
* {{Eduskunta|363|Satu Hassi}}
* [http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/28321/SATU_HASSI_home.html  Satu HASSI - European Parliament]

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