Veijo Olavi Puhjo (26 June 1948 – 9 December 2019) was a Finnish politician who was a member of
Finnish Parliament
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...
, representing the
Left Alliance. He was elected to the parliament in
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...
and left after the
2011 election. Puhjo was a physician by profession. He graduated from the
Greifswald Medical School
Greifswald Medical School (german: Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Greifswald) is a division of the University of Greifswald, Germany, consisting of the university's medical school and the adjacent Greifswald University Hospital. Its roots ...
of the
University of Greifswald
The University of Greifswald (; german: Universität Greifswald), formerly also known as “Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald“, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pom ...
in Germany.
External links
Parliament of Finland: Veijo Puhjo
1948 births
2019 deaths
People from Loimaa
Left Alliance (Finland) politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1995–1999)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1999–2003)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2003–2007)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–2011)
20th-century Finnish physicians
University of Greifswald alumni
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