Reijo Tossavainen
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Reijo Tossavainen 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 a member of the True Finns
True Finns
True Finns or The Finns is a populist and nationalist political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The head of the movement is Timo Soini. In the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, The party won 19.1% of votes, becoming the third largest party...

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He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Parliament of Finland
Parliament of Finland
The Eduskunta , is the parliament of Finland. The unicameral parliament has 200 members and meets in the Parliament House in Helsinki. The latest election to the parliament took place on April 17, 2011.- Constitution :...

 for the 2011 parliamentary election
Finnish parliamentary election, 2011
An election to the Eduskunta was held on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%....

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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
Uusi Suomi
Uusi Suomi was a Finnish daily newspaper, which was published from 1919 to 1991.On May 25, 2007, it was announced that the Finnish company Nikotiimi had purchased the rights to the name "Uusi Suomi" from Alma Media and would start an online newspaper bearing that name in the fall of...

web publication. He has been a chairman of the entrepreneurial society and home region society. He lives in two places: Kouvola
Kouvola
Kouvola is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. It is located northeast of the capital, Helsinki.The city has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

 and Savitaipale
Savitaipale
Savitaipale is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

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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 currently represents the constituency of Kymi in the Finnish parliament. He is a member of three parliamentary committees: transport and communications (since 3 May 2011), agriculture and forestry (3 May 2011), broadcasting Ltd. board (since 30 June 2011).

External links

Official website Profile on the Finnish parliament's website
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