Olavi Juhani Mäenpää is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 politician and former chairman of Finnish People's Blue-whites

Finnish People's Blue-whites

The Finnish People's Blue-whites was a Finnish political party with a far-right nationalist agenda, led by the controversial political figure Olavi Mäenpää. It was founded in 1993 as Independent People's Front , and was known as National Front from 1997 until 2001...

 (Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, SKS), a far right

Far right

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 political party. He has been a member of the city council

City council

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 of Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

, his home city, since 1992.

In the municipal election of 2004, Mäenpää received a total of 2,208 votes, more than any other candidate in Turku. Mäenpää has also appeared as a candidate in elections to the Finnish parliament (Eduskunta

Parliament of Finland

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) and the European Parliament

European Parliament

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, but has not been successful.

In the European parliamentary election of 2009, Mäenpää publicly supported Ville Itälä

Ville Itälä

Ville Heimo Antero Itälä is a Finnish politician. He was elected member of the Finnish Parliament from the district of Finland Proper in 1995. Itälä served as the Minister of Interior under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen in 2000–2003. He was elected chairman of the National Coalition Party ...

 of the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus)

National Coalition Party (Finland)

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.

In 2010, Mäenpää joined the Finnish Freedom Party, and the SKS was dissolved.