Mika Raatikainen

Mika Pekka Raatikainen (born November 7, 1961) is a Finnish politician, policeman and a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party. Raatikainen was born in Helsinki. He 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]

Mika Raatikainen
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Helsinki
In office
4 July 2014 – 16 April 2019
Preceded byJussi Halla-aho
Assumed office
24 April 2019
Personal details
Born (1961-11-07) 7 November 1961
Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Political partyThe Finns Party

Raatikainen was not re-elected in the 2019 parliamentary election, but again took the seat of Halla-aho as a substitute in April 2019, due to Halla-aho's ongoing term in the European Parliament.[2]

Before a career in the politics, Raatikainen had a long career in the Helsinki Police Department, in which he started working in 1983.[3] He has a Lebanese wife, who he first met in Italy in 2006.[4]

References
  1. "Valitut ehdokkaat Helsingin vaalipiiri". Ministry of Justice. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  2. "Jussi Halla-aho aloittaa kansanedustajan työt heinäkuussa, jatkaa siihen asti Brysselissä". Yle. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. "Mika Raatikainen". Eduskunta. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  4. "Halla-ahon eduskuntapaikan perijän mukaan Suomeen saa tulla töihin". Helsingin Sanomat. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
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