Occupation Politician TV shows Tilt.tv | Name Jaana Pelkonen | |
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Full Name Jaana Maarit Pelkonen Role Finnish member of Parliament Similar People Mikko Leppilampi, Maria Guzenina, Axl Smith, Martina Aitolehti, Anna Abreu | ||
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Jaana Pelkonen (born 27 January 1977 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish member of parliament and former television hostess.
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- Elina lepom ki ja jaana pelkonen j rke alkoholipolitiikkaan
- The most popular presenter of the 2000s Jaana Pelkonen Mikko Leppilampi
- Career
- References
The most popular presenter of the 2000s: Jaana Pelkonen & Mikko Leppilampi
Career
Pelkonen's media career started as a radio presenter for Radio 99 in Lahti in 1995–1997. She became famous in Finland as the host of the video gaming show Tilt in 1997–2005 and the youth program Jyrki in 1998. In 2001–2002 she hosted an entertainment travel show called FarOut. She has also hosted the Finnish qualifications of the Eurovision Song Contest for five years. On 12 May 2007 Pelkonen hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with Mikko Leppilampi. She also gave the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 held in Glasgow, Scotland which was the second ever Dance Contest.
She earned her master's degree in Political Science from Helsinki University in 2007, and she is currently working as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Lindén.
Pelkonen received attention in Finland when she took part in the 2008 local elections. She was elected to Helsinki City Council with 3,518 votes, the 15th highest vote total in the nation. She was also the highest ranking celebrity amongst the candidates for local councillors. She was further elected to the Finnish parliament in 2011 representing the National Coalition Party.
In 2015 parliamentary election Pelkonen got the highest vote total in Helsinki and the highest vote total of all female candidates in the nation.