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ID 124736

FinlandFinlandActive member

Merja KYLLÖNEN

The LeftThe Left — GUE/NGL
Vasemmistoliitto

Tracked since 28/10/2024

Total assistants

4

Currently active

3

Total departed

1

Departed share

25.0%

1 of 4

Also draws on 1 shared assistants (1 currently, 0 former) — pooled staff are employed by a grouping of Members and are excluded from the figures above.

Office over time

4 own staff since we started watching

One bar per person, from the day we first saw them to the day they left — or until today. A faded left edge means they were already in place on 28/10/2024; a faded right edge means they left at an unknown date before 03/03/2026.

Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26Marika Anita TUOMINENRauni Margit Helena TAIMI…Joel Iisakki PYYKKÖNENJustus Eliel KIIKERI
Accredited assistantsin postdepartedfaded edge = start or end not known to the day
Office timeline
NameCategoryFromTo
Marika Anita TUOMINENAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Rauni Margit Helena TAIMISTOAccredited assistantstracked since 28/10/2024in post
Joel Iisakki PYYKKÖNENAccredited assistants13/11/2024left before Mar 2026
Justus Eliel KIIKERIAccredited assistants16/03/2026in post

Departed share comparison

Share of observed own staff who have since left (since 28 Oct 2024).

This Member25.0%
EP average30.2%
Finland32.1%
The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL32.0%

By category

CategoryOwn activeOwn departedOwn totalPool activePool total
Accredited assistants31400
Accredited assistants (grouping)00011

Active assistants · 4

NameCategorySince
Rauni Margit Helena TAIMISTOAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Marika Anita TUOMINENAccredited assistants28/10/2024
Justus Eliel KIIKERIAccredited assistants16/03/2026
Emilio PUCCIOAccredited assistants (grouping)28/10/2024

Office size

Own staff in post per month. Dashed before 03/03/2026: reconstructed from arrivals only. The dashed horizontal line is the median office in the Parliament (5).

Own staff of Merja KYLLÖNEN per month
MonthCountEstimated
2024-112yes
2024-122yes
2025-012yes
2025-022yes
2025-032yes
2025-042yes
2025-052yes
2025-062yes
2025-072yes
2025-082yes
2025-092yes
2025-102yes
2025-112yes
2025-122yes
2026-012yes
2026-022yes
2026-033no
2026-043no
2026-053no
2026-063no
2026-073no
2026-083no
2026-093no
2026-103no

How long staff stayed

Tenure of staff whose departure is dated. Contracts that ended before 03/03/2026 have no known length and are not shown.

No dated departures yet.

Former assistants · 1

NameCategoryFromToDuration
Joel Iisakki PYYKKÖNENAccredited assistants13/11/2024left before Mar 2026—

Our record of the register begins 28/10/2024. "Tracked since" marks a person who was already in place on that day — their actual start date is earlier and is not published to us. Read about the data →