Irene Ojala (born 8 October 1960) is a

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politician of the party Patient Focus in Finnmark.

Education

She is a trained

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and has a bachelor's degree in High North studies.

Career

She is the leader of the voluntary organization Patient Focus and the foundation ''Alta Hospital with Patient Focus''.

Parliament

In 2021, Ojala won election to the

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as a representative from

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

. Following the Storting meeting regarding the electricity prices in September 2022, Ojala was denied to hold a speech because her party was considered an electoral list rather than a political party. She called it "undemocratic". The President of the Storting argued that she still could have held her speech had she asked to participate during the three minutes of discussion.

References

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