Kaisa Raatikainen (born 10 September 1928,

Viitasaari Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keit ...

, died 26 February 2007,

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) was a

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politician from the

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. She was member of the parliament from 1970 to 1987, and she served as the

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in the Sorsa cabinet from 1 December 1984 to 30 April 1987. In municipality level, she was a member of

city council from 1969 to 1992. Her husband was the former managing director of

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, Erkki Raatikainen.

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