Teuvo Hakkarainen
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| Member of Finnish Parliament for Central Finland |
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Assumed office 20 April 2011 |
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12 April 1960 Viitasaari, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Political party | Finns Party |
| Website | www.teuvohakkarainen.fi |
Teuvo Hakkarainen (born 12 April 1960 in Viitasaari) is a Finnish politician and member of Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party. He was elected to Finnish Parliament in 2011. He was a co-owner of Haka Wood saw mill but sold his shares shortly after being elected.
In May 2011, Hakkarainen was talking to junior high school students. When some students asked Hakkarainen's opinion about gay adoptions, he told students that "if two gays have a child, the child would become a double gay", and said that he did so jokingly because he would rather answer questions regarding government talks.
On 16 December 2015, a member of Finnish Parliament, a member of Finns Party, Hakkarainen inquired Minister of Justice, also member of the same party, if capital punishment could be re-enacted, referring to the court case against two asylum seekers for 11 murders.
In April 2011, Hakkarainen openly expressed his opinions towards black people and Muslims in an interview with Helsingin Sanomat. During the interview Hakkarainen used a pejorative word neekeriukko (which nowadays translates to male negro or nigger and is considered to be an offensive racial slur). He also made a mocking imitation of the Islamic call to prayer.
The Ombudsman for Minorities of Finland, Eva Biaudet (Swedish People's Party of Finland) asked the Prosecutor General of Finland to investigate if Hakkarainen may be guilty in some crimes according to the criminal codex. According to Biaudet, for example incitement could be a suitable charge. Later The Finnish Police announced that they did not feel that comments made by Hakkarainen give cause for a criminal investigation. Police proposed to the Prosecutor General that no criminal investigation should be launched, saying that Hakkarainen’s comments were an exercise of free speech, and not hate speech.
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