Representative council | HYY
The Representative Council is the highest decision-making body of the Student Union
The highest decision-making power in the Student Union is held by its 60-member Representative Council. The council also appoints HYY’s Board, which consists of 7–13 members and has parliamentary accountability to the Representative Council. The Representative Council is elected through the Representative Council elections every other year, where all HYY's members have the right to vote and run as a candidate.
Decision-making
The representative council decides on:
- The Student Union’s budget
- Financial statement
- HYY’s constitution
- Purchasing and selling of property
Lisäksi edustajisto valitsee:
- Presiding officers of the Student Union
- Board
- Secretary General
- Chief editor of Ylioppilaslehti
Meetings
The Representative Council has meetings around once a month during academic terms, either in HYY’s own premises or in the University’s facilities on different campuses. The meetings begin at 5 pm, with executive Board’s question hour is held before the meeting from 4.30 pm onwards. The meeting agendas are published at least one week before the meeting on HYY’s noticeboard. Due to the coronavirus, meetings are organised using remote connections until further notice.
The Representative Council meetings can be viewed live as either Zoom webinars or Facebook Live broadcasts. Recordings of the meetings can also be found on HYY’s Youtube channel.
There are several different groups which act within the Representative Council and their meetings involve lively political discussion.
HYY’s Representative Council election results can be found here.
Composition of the Representative Council from December 1st 2020 to November 30th 2022:
Maailmanpyörä (20)
- HYYn Vihreät (10)
Alanko, Aukusti
Haavisto, Jami
Haaslahti, Ellen
Kalliokoski, Kaneli
Käyhkö, Oona
Lagerstam, Fredrik
Naalisvaara, Sonja
Pasanen, Amanda
Segerstam, Ada
Tujunen, Aleksi
- Sitoutumaton vasemmisto (9)
Alanen, Valpuri
Gustafsson, Inari
Helminen, Fiona
Holmberg, Jimi
Houttu, Aku
Kasongo, Jenny
Koskijoki, Kreeta
Lemström, Anna
Majaniemi, Minna
- Opiskelijoiden sosialidemokraattinen yhdistys (1)
Rönkkö, Riina
HYAL (12)
Grünthal, Lauri
Isomeri, Jessika
Hakala, Nea
Katajisto, Mila
Lempiäinen, Hanna
Melander, Etta
Nevalainen, Veera
Nyman, Onni
Ostrovskij, Tommi
Pulli, Petra
Puumalainen, Julia
Saari, Ville-Veikko
HELP (12)
Ahlgrén, Hilda
Itkonen, Laura
Haapalainen, Jonatan
Kokko, Riikka
Lahdentausta, Salla
Lahtiharju, Arttu
Peltonen, Hekma
Posa, Matias
Saari, Sakari
Särkilahti, Iiris
Tolonen, Joonas
Westerholm, Satu
Osakunnat & Svenska Nationer och Ämnesföreningar (9)
- Svenska Nationer och Ämnesföreningar (SNÄf) (5)
Backström, Anna
Bergan, Benjamin
Heikkilä, Emma
Michos, Viola
Westermarck, Emmi
- Osakunnat (4)
Hasunen, Sami
Karvonen, Riina
Lamberg, Benjamin
Piipponen, Iida
Edistykselliset (7)
- Kokoomuksen opiskelijat (6)
Joensuu, Joakim
Kanervo, Mikko
Karhunen, Mikko
Kuva, Salla
Nurmela, Jeremias
Pajula, Matias
- Keskeiset (1)
Linnainmaa, Eeva
Election results from 2018 in here.
Composition of the Representative Council 2018-2020 (60)
- HYAL (16)
- HYYn Vihreät (11)
- HELP (9)
- Sitoutumaton Vasemmisto (9)
- Svenska Nationer och Ämnesföreningar (6)
- Osakunnat (4)
- Kokoomuksen opiskelijat (4)
- Keskeiset (1)
Vanhempiin vaalituloksiin ja edustajiston kokoonpanoihin voit tutustua täällä
Further information on the Representative Council’s operation is available in the guide for Representative Council members (only in Finnish). Members of the council are also provided with orientation to their duties at the beginning of their term.