Reijo Tossavainen

Reijo Tossavainen
Member of Finnish Parliament
for Kymi
In office
20 April 2011 – 21 April 2015
Personal details
Born (1948-11-13) November 13, 1948
Kiuruvesi, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Political party The Finns Party
Residence Kouvola
Savitaipale
Occupation ex-publisher
free writer
Religion Evangelical Lutheran
Website http://www.reijotossavainen.net

Reijo Tossavainen (born on 13 November 1948 in Kiuruvesi, Northern Savonia) is a Finnish politician and a member of the True Finns.

He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Parliament of Finland for the 2011 parliamentary election.[1] In 2015 Tossavainen did not seek re-election.

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)[2] and won three of the twelve seats in the electoral district of Kymi.[3] Reijo Tossavainen polled 5,725 votes (3.39%) during the personal vote.[4]

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).[1]

Political mandate

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