Student Union of National Coalition Party (Kokoomuksen opiskelijaliitto Tuhatkunta) Information

Tuhatkunta is Finland’s largest and clearly the most influential political student’s movement. We take great pride in representing the key issues that concern our politically active members. These issues include economical and intellectual well being, as well as, the quality of higher education in particular. Tuhatkunta is an integral part of Kokoomus, the National Coalition Party. We are the voice of students within Kokoomus and we bring forth our party’s message to the students. We actively draft initiatives for discussion and introduce new topics and thus offer our branches and members the actual possibilities of influencing in the policies of Kokoomus. Each university in Finland has its own student union, and elections in these are held every two years. In the elections the students elect the future representatives for each union’s council. The council is the highest decision making body in the student union. Our branches operate in all Student Unions in Finland. Tuhatkunta’s Annual Congress elects the Chairperson every two years and the vice-chairpersons and the executive board every year. The Chairperson and our secretary general both work full-time at Kokoomus headquarters in Helsinki.