Raino Olavi Westerholm (20 November 1919 – 1 June 2017) was a Finnish politician. Westerholm was born in

Kuusankoski Kuusankoski is a neighbourhood of city of Kouvola, former industrial town and municipality of Finland, located in the region of Kymenlaakso in the province of Southern Finland. The population of Kuusankoski was 20,392 (2003) and the total are ...

. He was leader of the Finnish Christian League from 1973 to 1982. He was also member of the

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from 1970 to 1979. Westerholm ran for

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twice, in the 1978 and 1982 elections.

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