Arto Allan Merisaari (18 March 1940 – 3 October 1978) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

jurist and politician, born in

Aura Aura most commonly refers to: * Aura (paranormal), a field of luminous multicolored radiation around a person or object * Aura (symptom), a symptom experienced before a migraine or seizure Aura may also refer to: Places Extraterrestrial * 1488 ...

. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...

from 1975 until his death in the

1978 Finnish Air Force DC-3 crash The Finnish Air Force DC-3 disaster occurred when a plane of this class crashed into Juurusvesi–Akonvesi, Lake Juurusvesi in Rissala on 3 October 1978, killing all fifteen people on board. It was caused by a cracked exhaust valve, resulting fr ...

. He represented the

Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League ( fi, Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto, SKDL; sv, Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk, DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Pa ...

(SKDL). He was a presidential elector in the

1978 Finnish presidential election Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1978, the first since 1968 after Urho Kekkonen's term was extended by four years by Parliament.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p630 The publ ...

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1940 births 1978 deaths People from Aura, Finland Finnish People's Democratic League politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1975–1979) Finnish jurists Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Finland Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1978 {{Finland-politician-stub