Janne Virkkunen (born 8 December 1948 in

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) is a Finnish journalist. He was the editor-in-chief of the

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newspaper from 1991 until his retirement in 2010. Virkkunen was the chairman of the

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from 2008 to 2010. In the early 1980s, Virkkunen co-authored the book '' Tamminiemen pesänjakajat'', a controversial account of political power struggle in Finland towards the end of

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's presidency. Virkkunen is the greatgrandson of composer

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