Ville Skinnari (born 21 February 1974) is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade in the cabinet of Prime Minister Antti Rinne and then in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sanna Marin from 2019 to 2023.

[1] Before devoting his work to politics full time, Ville Skinnari has worked in various international positions in the field of international relations, business development, legal affairs, and trade, including a Helsinki based Attorney Office Lexia Ltd., technology start up in London, Japanese trading house Marubeni in Tokyo as well as Nokia’s service business development.

Mr. Skinnari has also worked as a freelance journalist during his years in London and Amsterdam.

From 1995 until 1999, Skinnari worked as a freelance journalist in Japan, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Skinnari was elected to the Finnish Parliament for the Social Democratic Party in 2015, from the constituency of Häme (Tavastia).