Mirja Vehkaperä

Mirja Vehkaperä
MEP
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2018–2019
ConstituencyFinland
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office
21 March 2007 – 17 June 2018
ConstituencyOulu
Personal details
Born (1976-04-06) 6 April 1976 (age 48)
Haukipudas, Finland
Political partyCentre Party
ALDE
Alma materUniversity of Oulu
Websitewww.mirjavehkapera.fi

Mirja Tellervo Vehkaperä (born 6 April 1976) is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2018 until 2019. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.[1][2]

Vehkaperä was first elected to the parliament of Finland in 2007 from the constituency of Oulu and was later re-elected in 2011 and 2015 elections.[3] She run to the European Parliament in the 2014 election, but wasn't elected.[4]

In 2018, MEP Paavo Väyrynen left his seat prompting Vehkaperä to succeed him for the remainder of the term. Vehkaperä started in the European Parliament on 18 June 2018.[5] She served as shadow rapporteur for a non-binding opinion on the renegotiation of treaties with Switzerland.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Oululainen kansanedustaja Mirja Vehkaperä siirtyy Euroopan parlamenttiin". Kaleva.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  2. ^ Vähämäki, Tero. "Väyrysen paikalle matkaava Mirja Vehkaperä: "Lähden ajamaan pohjoisten alueiden etua"". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Kansanedustajat: Mirja Vehkaperä". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Europarlamenttivaalit 2014: Ehdokkaiden äänet". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Mirja Vehkaperä lähtee Väyrysen paikalle Euroopan parlamenttiin". Iltalehti. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Institutional Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation". 1 March 2019.