Veera Ruoho
Veera Marita Ruoho (née Liukkonen, born Hirvensalmi, 4 August 1969) is a Finnish politician and an Olympic Taekwondo practitioner.[1]
She participated in the Women's Heavyweight competition in Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, losing in the first round to Canadian Dominique Bosshart.[1]
She was elected to parliament representing the Finns Party in April 2015.[1] She left the party in June 2017 after the election of an ultra-nationalist as its leader, and subsequently announced that she would join the National Coalition Party led by Petteri Orpo.[2]
She was a police officer before entering politics.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Veera Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
- 1 2 "Two ex-Finns Party MPs cross floor to boost government ranks". Yle Uutiset. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
External links
- Official website English version
- Official website Finnish version, with more information in CV section
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