Mirja Tellervo Vehkaperä (born 6 April 1976) is a Finnish politician who served as a

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(MEP) from 2018 until 2019. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the

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. Vehkaperä was first elected to the parliament of Finland in

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from the constituency of

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and was later re-elected in

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and

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elections. She run to the European Parliament in the 2014 election, but wasn't elected. In 2018, MEP

Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen (born 2 September 1946) is a Finnish politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament who has represented the Seven Star Movement, the Citizen's Party and Centre Party. He is currently member of Centre Party. Väyryn ...

left his seat prompting Vehkaperä to succeed him for the remainder of the term. Vehkaperä started in the European Parliament on 18 June 2018. She served as shadow rapporteur for a non-binding opinion on the renegotiation of treaties with

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

References

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