Ville Matti Niinistö (born 30 July 1976) is a Finnish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019.

Before being elected to the parliament in 2007 he worked as a doctorate student in political history (Finnish foreign policy) at the University of Turku in Finland.

[2] Shortly after, he quit in protest at the project, accusing the government of favouring Russia.

[3] As a consequence, his Green League equally quit the five-party Finnish coalition government.

In his free time Niinistö enjoys reading, role-playing games, and football.