Mika Raatikainen
| Mika Raatikainen | |
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| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Helsinki |
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Assumed office 4 July 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Jussi Halla-aho |
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| Born |
7 November 1961 Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Political party | The Finns Party |
Mika Pekka Raatikainen (born November 7, 1961 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician, policeman and a member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party. Raatikainen 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.
Before a career in the politics, Raatikainen had a long career in the Helsinki Police Department, in which he started working in 1983. He has a Lebanese wife, who he first met in Italy in 2006.
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