Mika Raatikainen
Finnish politician
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Mika Pekka Raatikainen (born 7 November 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 4 July 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 | |
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Mika Raatikainen in Parliament on 12 February 2019 | |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki | |
| In office 4 July 2014 – 16 April 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jussi Halla-aho |
| In office 24 April 2019 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 November 1961 |
| Party | The 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]
