What is Sari Essayah?
{{Infobox Officeholder | name = Sari Essayah | image = Sari-Essayah-01 (cropped).jpg | caption = Essayah in 2023. | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Haukivuori]], [[Finland]] | death_date = | death_place = | party = [[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] | spouse = Robert Knapp | office = [[Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland)|Minister of Agriculture and Forestry]] | primeminister = [[Petteri Orpo]] | term_start = 20 June 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Antti Kurvinen]] | successor = | office1 = [[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Leader of the Christian Democrats]] | term_start1 = 28 August 2015 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = [[Päivi Räsänen]] | successor1 = | office2 = Member of the [[Parliament of Finland]] | term_start2 = 28 April 2015 | office3 = [[Member of the European Parliament]] | term_start3 = 1 July 2009 | term_end3 = 1 July 2014 }} '''Sari Miriam Essayah''' (born 21 February 1967) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] retired [[race walking|racewalker]] and a politician. She has been a member of the [[Parliament of Finland]] since 2015. She is the president of the Finnish [[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]] party. She is the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 2023. She competed in the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] and the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], coming in 4th and 16th place respectively. In 2016, Essayah became a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), and she has been a member of the Ethics Committee, Finnish Athletics Association since 2014.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/mrs-sari-essayah | title=Sari Essayah | last= | first= | website=The International Olympic Committee | date= | accessdate=8 March 2021 }}</ref> Essayah ran for [[President of Finland]] in