Nationality Finnish Role Finnish Politician | Name Reijo Tossavainen Religion Evangelical Lutheran | |
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Occupation ex-publisherfree writer Residence Kouvola, Finland, Savitaipale, Finland | ||
Lasse finskan haastattelussa reijo tossavainen
Reijo Tossavainen (born 13 November 1948 in Kiuruvesi, Northern Savonia) is a Finnish politician and a member of the True Finns.
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- Lasse finskan haastattelussa reijo tossavainen
- Reijo tossavainen kotkan torilla 31 8 2013
- Work and life
- Political career
- Political mandate
- References
He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Parliament of Finland for the 2011 parliamentary election. In 2015 Tossavainen did not seek re-election.
Reijo tossavainen kotkan torilla 31 8 2013
Work and life
Reijo Tossavainen was a managing director and owner of the Valkealan Sanomat newspaper, which he sold. He did not stop writing since then. He is keeping a weblog in Uusi Suomi web publication. He has been a chairman of the entrepreneurial society and home region society. He lives in two places: Kouvola and Savitaipale.
Political career
In the 2011 parliamentary election, the list of the True Finns polled 23.27% (39.357 votes) and won three of the twelve seats in the electoral district of Kymi. Reijo Tossavainen polled 5,725 votes (3.39%) during the personal vote.
He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Finnish parliament. He was a member of three parliamentary committees until April 2015: transport and communications (since 3 May 2011), agriculture and forestry (3 May 2011), broadcasting Ltd. board (since 30 June 2011).