Jaana Pelkonen (born 27 January 1977) is a Finnish member of parliament and television presenter.

Career

Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for ''Radio 99'' in

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in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the

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show ''

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'' 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

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for five years. On 12 May 2007 Pelkonen hosted the

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together with

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. She also gave the Finnish votes in the

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held in

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which was the second ever Dance Contest. She earned her master's degree in Political Science from Helsinki University in 2007, after graduation she worked 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 3,518 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

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. In 2015 parliamentary election Pelkonen got the highest vote total in Helsinki and the highest vote total of all female candidates in the nation. She was re-elected in 2019 parliamentary election with 10,563 votes. In February 2020, Pelkonen announced that she would not run in the next parliamentary election. In autumn 2018, Pelkonen competed in '' Dances with Stars'', the Finnish version of the dance contest ''

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'', and placed sixth.

Electoral history

Municipal elections

Parliamentary elections

References

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