Eva Biaudet Politician
Eva Rita Katarina Biaudet (born 27 February 1961) is the Finnish Ombudsman for Minorities. She is a former member of the Parliament of Finland (1991–2006) in the parliamentary group of the Swedish People's Party and a former Minister of Health and Social Services (1999–2000 and 2002–2003). After the election of 2003 Biaudet did not want to continue as a cabinet minister.Biaudet became Ombudsman for Minorities in 2010. A complaint was made concerning her nomination because she was formally unqualified for the office, as she lacked a university degree. Biaudet had studied law, but never graduated. The complaint did not succeed, as Biaudet was granted a special permission.Eva Biaudet asked for preliminary investigation concerning the weblog writings of the vicar of the Pohja Evangelical Lutheran Parish Juha Molari. Biaudet suspected Molari of incitement. Eva Biaudet also asked the police to investigate Teuvo Hakkarainen's (The Finns Party) interview with Helsingin Sanomat, suspecting Hakkarainen of incitement against Muslims. The police saw no crime in his comments.2012 Eva Biaudet was the Swedish People's Party candidate in the Finnish presidential election, finishing 7th with 2.7% of votes in the first round of voting. Biaudet was appointed as the minority ombudsperson for a term of five years period starting in 2010. Even though she had no official competence for the position, her references in the election were, according to her advocate Ritva Viljanen, strong enough to validate her appointment. Her lack of a university degree caused a lot of debate and brought accusations of politics in her appointment. Among others Green League member and a lawyer Husein Muhammed lodged a complaint against her, but none were sustained. In June 2011 U.S. credited Biaudet for her continued work against human trafficking.
