Juhana Vartiainen (born in 1958) 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. In addition to his hometown Helsinki, he has lived in Paris, London and Stockholm. Mr. Vartiainen represents the National Coalition Party.