Rosa Anneli Meriläinen (born 31 December 1975) is Finnish former politician from

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. Meriläinen has a

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in political science from the University of Tampere. She was elected to the

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in 2003. She represents the

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. Before that, she was the co-president of the green league and an assistant to Satu Hassi. In an interview by the Image-magazine Meriläinen confessed to have used

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as a representative during her career, and she confirmed the matter to

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news. She was prosecuted for a drug offense, but was relieved of charges. She reports of the political work on her

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. She is engaged to comedian Simo Frangén, with whom she has a son, ''Frans'', born 2006. The Finnish version of the pornographic magazine ''

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'' once printed a

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featuring a parody character of Meriläinen. Meriläinen sued the magazine, and the character's name was changed to be less recognisable.

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