In the Parliament, Gustafsson chaired the Employment and Equality Committee from 2003 to 2007. Outside of politics, he served as vice president of the Football Association of Finland from 1991 to 2006. In June 2011, he was appointed Minister of Education to Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.[1] He had to resign from the government in May 2013 when the Social Democratic Party replaced him with Krista Kiuru.[2]
Gustafsson is currently a member of the Grand Committee and the Education and Culture Committee of the Parliament. In addition, he has been a member of the City Council of Tampere since 1976.[1]
References
^ abcdJukka Gustafsson Parliament of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved on January 21, 2017.