Pekka Sauri

Pekka Markus Sauri (born 31 May 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish psychologist and a Green League politician.

[1] He is formerly the deputy mayor of Finland's capital city, Helsinki[1] and chair of the Procura+ Campaign for sustainable procurement.

Sauri became well known in Finland during the late 1990s for hosting a popular radio show Yölinja ("Nightline") in which he tried to help callers with their various personal problems.

Of course, we have our share of negatives, but on the whole, it’s more or less a paradise on Earth: a pretty good Golden Cut between reliability and creativity.” He claims to have no higher political ambitions.

In 2001 he became the chairman of the city council, and in 2003 he was appointed the deputy mayor of Helsinki,[1] being the first Green politician to achieve such posts in any Finnish municipality.