Heli Paasio | |
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Member of the Finland Parliament for Finland Proper | |
In office 1999–2015 | |
Heli Tuulikki Paasio (born November 24, 1972, in Turku) is a Finnish politician from Turku. A Social Democrat, she was member of the Parliament of Finland for Finland Proper from 1999 to 2015.[1]
Paasio is daughter of Pertti Paasio and granddaughter of Rafael Paasio[2] who were both prominent Social Democratic politicians. She graduated as Master of Philosophy (mathematics teacher)[2] in 1999. She was elected to the Parliament four times. In the 2011 election she received 13,945 votes, the most in Finland Proper and the eight-most in the entire Finland.[3] After a parliamentary career of sixteen years, she retired from the Parliament in 2015.[4]