Pirkko Hannele Pokka (born 25 May 1952) is a former

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of the

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of Lapland. She was the fifth Governor of Lapland and the first woman to hold the office. She was married to a municipal administrator Esko Johannes Tavia (1993–2008), and is the mother of a daughter. She has written several romance novels. She served as

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during the

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from April 1991 to April 1994.

Chronology of her political career

*Ministry of Education 1975 *Counsel to the Agricultural Producers' Association 1976–1979 *Associate judge on the Insurance Court 1977–1979 *Member of

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1979–1994 *

1991–1994 *

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of Lapland 1994–2008

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State provincial office of Lapland
1952 births Living people People from Ruovesi Finnish Lutherans Centre Party (Finland) politicians Ministers of Justice of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1979–83) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1983–87) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1987–91) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95) Women government ministers of Finland 20th-century Finnish lawyers Finnish women lawyers Female justice ministers Women members of the Parliament of Finland {{CentrePartyFinland-politician-stub