Riikka Pakarinen (née Pakarinen, formerly Manner; born August 24, 1981 in

Varkaus Varkaus (before year 1929 ''Warkaus'') is a Middle- Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between city of Kuopio and town of Savonlinna. T ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

) is a Finnish politician who served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

from 2009 until 2014. She represents the Centre Party. She was elected to the

city council in 2008. She has worked as a press assistant to , , and

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 ...

. In 2009, she was elected to the European Parliament.

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* 1981 births Living people People from Varkaus Centre Party (Finland) politicians Centre Party (Finland) MEPs MEPs for Finland 2009–2014 21st-century women MEPs for Finland {{Finland-MEP-stub