Kari Juhani Rajamäki (born 15 October 1948, in

Anjala Anjala was a town in Southern Finland, which merged in 1975 with Sippola to form Anjalankoski, later further merged into Kouvola Kouvola () is a city in Finland and the administrative capital of Kymenlaakso. It is located in the southeastern int ...

) is a Finnish politician from the

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and a former Minister of the Interior. Rajamäki has been MP since 1983 and represents

Southern Savonia South Savo (or Southern Savonia; ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in the south-east of Finland. It borders the regions of North Savo, North Karelia, South Karelia, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme, and Central Finland. The total area of South Savo ...

. Before he became a minister, he was profiled in public by demanding more funds for road construction projects. Rajamäki was the

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in Jäätteenmäki and Vanhanen cabinets from 2003 to 2007. During his term in office he actively contributed to get more funding for police and handling visa grants. In municipal politics, Rajamäki has been a member of

Varkaus Varkaus, before 1929 known as Warkaus, is a Middle- Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between the city of Kuopio and the town of ...

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since 1973.

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