Jaana Pelkonen
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Jana Pelkonen presenting the Eurovision 2007 semifinal in Helsinki
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| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki |
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Assumed office 20 April 2011 |
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Jaana Maarit Pelkonen 27 January 1977  Lahti, Finland
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| Political party | National Coalition Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Jaana Pelkonen (born 27 January 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish member of parliament and former television hostess.
Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for Radio 99 in Lahti in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the video gaming show Tilt in 1997–2005 and the youth program Jyrki in 1998. In 2001–2002 she hosted an entertainment travel show called FarOut. She has also hosted the Finnish qualifications of the Eurovision Song Contest for five years. On 12 May 2007 Pelkonen hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with Mikko Leppilampi. She also gave the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 held in Glasgow, Scotland which was the second ever Dance Contest.
She earned her master's degree in Political Science from Helsinki University in 2007, and she is currently working as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén.
Pelkonen received attention in Finland when she took part in the 2008 local elections. She was elected to Helsinki City Council with 3450 votes, the 15th highest vote total in the nation. She was also the highest ranking celebrity amongst the candidates for local councillors. She was further elected to the Finnish parliament in 2011 representing the National Coalition Party.
In 2015 parliamentary election Pelkonen got the highest vote total in Helsinki and the highest vote total of all female candidates in the nation.
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