Juhana Vartiainen (b. 1958) is the current Mayor of Helsinki and a Finnish politician representing the National Coalition Party. Before he was appointed Mayor on 2 August 2021, he served as a Member of the Finnish Parliament for six years. Mayor Vartiainen holds a doctorate in Economics from the University of Helsinki and has many years of experience as both a director and researcher in economic research institutes in Finland and Sweden. He was born in Helsinki and has also lived in Paris, London and Stockholm.