Mirja Vehkaperä

Mirja Vehkaperä
MEP
Mirja Vehkaperä MEP
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 2018–2019
Constituency	Finland
Member of the Finnish Parliament
	In office; 21 March 2007 – 17 June 2018
Constituency	Oulu
Personal details
Born	6 April 1976 (age 48); Haukipudas, Finland
Political party	Centre Party; ALDE
Alma mater	University of Oulu
Website	www.mirjavehkapera.fi

Mirja Tellervo Vehkaperä (born 6 April 1976) is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2018 until 2019. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.^[1]^[2]

Vehkaperä was first elected to the parliament of Finland in 2007 from the constituency of Oulu and was later re-elected in 2011 and 2015 elections.^[3] She run to the European Parliament in the 2014 election, but wasn't elected.^[4]

In 2018, MEP Paavo Väyrynen left his seat prompting Vehkaperä to succeed him for the remainder of the term. Vehkaperä started in the European Parliament on 18 June 2018.^[5] She served as shadow rapporteur for a non-binding opinion on the renegotiation of treaties with Switzerland.^[6]

References

^ "Oululainen kansanedustaja Mirja Vehkaperä siirtyy Euroopan parlamenttiin". Kaleva.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ Vähämäki, Tero. "Väyrysen paikalle matkaava Mirja Vehkaperä: "Lähden ajamaan pohjoisten alueiden etua"". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Kansanedustajat: Mirja Vehkaperä". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Europarlamenttivaalit 2014: Ehdokkaiden äänet". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Mirja Vehkaperä lähtee Väyrysen paikalle Euroopan parlamenttiin". Iltalehti. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "Proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Institutional Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation". 1 March 2019.

[1] "Oululainen kansanedustaja Mirja Vehkaperä siirtyy Euroopan parlamenttiin". Kaleva.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[2] Vähämäki, Tero. "Väyrysen paikalle matkaava Mirja Vehkaperä: "Lähden ajamaan pohjoisten alueiden etua"". Helsingin Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[3] "Kansanedustajat: Mirja Vehkaperä". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[4] "Europarlamenttivaalit 2014: Ehdokkaiden äänet". Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[5] "Mirja Vehkaperä lähtee Väyrysen paikalle Euroopan parlamenttiin". Iltalehti. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[6] "Proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Institutional Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation". 1 March 2019.

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