Jukka Mäkelä (born 7 July 1960 in Espoo) is a Finnish politician from the

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and the current city manager/mayor of

Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...

, the second largest city of Finland, since 1 January 2011.The new mayor of Espoo is Jukka Mäkelä
Ilta-Sanomat 2010 He was elected to the

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(''Eduskunta'') in the 2007 parliamentary election, but he was resigned after he was elected to the post of mayor. He is married and he has three children. Jukka Mäkelä was a member in the HOK Elanto administration board (hallintoneuvosto) during 2008–2012. HOK Elanto is part of

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(SOK). This is third biggest company and leading

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company in Finland in 2012. HOK Elanto has business e.g. in hotels, shopping centers, restaurants and petrol stations (

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). Jukka Mäkelä is member of Helsinki district administration of

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(valtuuskunta) in 2013.

Elections

In the municipal elections Jukka Mäkelä got 1,973 votes out of 113,000 in 2008.

References

1960 births Living people People from Espoo National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–2011) Mayors of places in Finland {{NationalCoalition-politician-stub