Lahja Tuulikki Ukkola (; 28 November 1943 – 28 May 2019) was a Finnish politician and journalist. Born in
Taivalkoski
Taivalkoski is a municipality of Finland, it is located in the Province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.
The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
.
The m ...
, she began working for the newspaper ''
Kaleva Kaleva or Kalevi may refer to:
* CWT Kaleva Travel, a travel management company based in Finland
* Kalevi (mythology)
Kaleva – also known as Kalevi or Kalev – and his sons are important heroic figures in Estonian, Finnish and Karelian mytho ...
'' in 1962. As a member of the
Liberal People's Party, she served as an
MP for the
Oulu constituency from 1991 to 1995. She was also the leader of the party between 1993 and 1995. Following the
2007 national parliamentary election, Ukkola was again
elected Elected may refer to:
* "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973
* ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008
*The Elected, an American indie rock band
See also
*Election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a populatio ...
as an MP for Oulu, this time for the
National Coalition Party
sv, Samlingspartiet
, leader1_title = Chairman
, leader1_name = Petteri Orpo
, leader2_title = Deputy chairs
, leader2_name = Antti Häkkänen Elina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen
, merger = Finnish Party, Young Finnis ...
, serving until 2011.
Ukkola died on 28 May 2019 in
Oulu
Oulu ( , ; sv, Uleåborg ) is a city, municipality and a seaside resort of about 210,000 inhabitants in the region of North Ostrobothnia, Finland. It is the most populous city in northern Finland and the fifth most populous in the country after: ...
, at the age of 75.
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1943 births
2019 deaths
Finnish journalists
Liberals (Finland) politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1991–95)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–11)
National Coalition Party politicians
People from Taivalkoski
Women members of the Parliament of Finland
Finnish women journalists
21st-century Finnish women politicians
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