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Yrjö Hakanen
Finnish Communist Politician (born 1952) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yrjö Hakanen (born 24 August 1952) is a Finnish politician who served as chairman of the Finnish Communist Party from 1994 to 2013.[1]
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Hakanen has a master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Helsinki. He worked as a journalist while becoming active in the Communist Party of Finland in the 1970's. He became leader of the party in 1994, and stepped down in 2013.[2][3]
Hakanen was elected to the Helsinki City Council in 2004 as the party’s sole member. He was re-elected again in the years of 2008 and 2012.[4]
Hakanen lives in Helsinki and is married with two adult children.[4] He speaks Finnish, English, and Swedish.
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