Nationality Finnish Political party Finns Party Name Vesa-Matti Saarakkala | Religion Evangelical Lutheran Occupation Politician | |
Born 24 March 1984 (age 41) ( 1984-03-24 ) Website Saarakkala's Official Website Role Finnish member of Parliament | ||
Vesa matti saarakkala ps pakkoruotsi ja yksikielisyys om ett enspr kigt finland 5 3 2015
Vesa-Matti Saarakkala (born 24 March 1984 in Kurikka, Finland) is a Finnish Member of Parliament and a member of Kurikka's city council.
Contents
- Vesa matti saarakkala ps pakkoruotsi ja yksikielisyys om ett enspr kigt finland 5 3 2015
- Personal life
- Political Positions
- Sour Electoral Manifesto
- Circumcision Ban Proposal
- References
Personal life
Saarakkala was born on 24 March 1984 in Kurikka, Finland. His father was an office manager and his mother worked various jobs before becoming a practical nurse. He has one sister who is older than him by thirteen years.
He is married to a classroom teacher. He and his wife have two children together: a daughter named Lilja (born 2009) and a daughter named Sonja (born 2012).
Political Positions
He represents the Finns Party and is the 3rd vice-chairman of the party. He was elected chairman of the youth organization for the party in Autumn 2003, he held the position until 2010. He was elected 17 April 2011 to the parliament of Finland from the Vaasa electoral district.
On 13 June 2017, Saarakkala and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group.
Sour Electoral Manifesto
Vesa-Matti Saarakkala was one of the underwriters of the "Nuiva Manifesti" (The Sour electoral manifesto), an election campaign program critical of current immigration policy. The other signers were Juho S. A. Eerola, Jussi Halla-aho, James Hirvisaari, Olli Immonen, Teemu Lahtinen, Maria Lohela, Heikki Luoto, Heta Lähteenaro, Johannes Nieminen, Pasi Salonen, Riikka Slunga-Poutsalo and Freddy Van Wonterghem.
Circumcision Ban Proposal
In March 2012, Saarakkala called for the criminalisation of male circumcision in Finland. In October 2012, it was reported that he had plans to submit a bill proposing the criminalisation of ritual circumcision involving males under the age of 15.