Kirsi Katariina Piha (born 14 October 1967 in

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) is a Finnish Communications consultant and former politician. Piha's party is

National Coalition Party sv, Samlingspartiet , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Petteri Orpo , leader2_title = Deputy chairs , leader2_name = Antti HäkkänenElina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen , merger = Finnish Party, Young Finn ...

. She was a member of

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from 1992 to 1996. Piha was a member of parliament from May 1994 to November 1996 and then March 1999 to March 2003. She has a degree of Master of Science in Economics. Piha has published several books like ''Äitijohtaja'' (2006) and ''Rytmihäiriö'' (2015). In March 2016 she married Marco Mäkinen.

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