Mika Raatikainen

Mika Raatikainen
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
Assumed office
4 July 2014
Preceded by Jussi Halla-aho
Personal details
Born (1961-11-07) 7 November 1961
Helsinki, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Political party The Finns Party

Mika Pekka Raatikainen (born November 7, 1961 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician, policeman and a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party. Raatikainen was first elected as a substitute member to the parliament in 2011, and became member of parliament on July 4, 2014, when Jussi Halla-aho left to the European Parliament. In the 2015 parliamentary election, Raatikainen got 3,370 votes and got elected.[1]

Before a career in the politics, Raatikainen had a long career in the Helsinki Police Department, in which he started working in 1983.[2] He has a Lebanese wife, who he first met in Italy in 2006.[3]

References

  1. "Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. "Mika Raatikainen". Eduskunta. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. "Halla-ahon eduskuntapaikan perijän mukaan Suomeen saa tulla töihin". Helsingin Sanomat. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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