Teuvo Hakkarainen

Teuvo Hakkarainen
Member of the European Parliament
In office
2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024
ConstituencyFinland
Member of Finnish Parliament
for Central Finland
In office
20 April 2011 – 2 July 2019
Personal details
Born (1960-04-12) 12 April 1960 (age 64)
Viitasaari, Central Finland, Finland
Political partyFinns Party (until 2024)[1]
Other political
affiliations		Freedom Alliance
Websitewww.teuvohakkarainen.fi

Teuvo Hakkarainen (born 12 April 1960, in Viitasaari) is a Finnish politician and former member of the European Parliament. Before being elected to the European Parliament in the 2019 election, he had been a member of the Finnish Parliament since 2011.[2]

On 10 June 2017, Hakkarainen was elected Second Vice Chairman of the Finns Party.[3] He served in the position until December 2017, when he resigned the post after sexually harassing a fellow member of parliament.[4] On 30 April 2024, Hakkarainen decided to run in the 2024 European Parliament election in Finland as an uncommitted candidate of the Freedom Alliance after the Finns Party refused to nominate him for re-election.[5] This resulted in Hakkarainen getting expelled from the Finns Party on 9 May 2024.[6] He subsequently lost his seat in the European Parliament[7] and announced his retirement from politics.[8]

  1. ^ Hakahuhta, Ari (13 May 2024). "Perussuomalaiset erotti sekä Timo Vornasen että Teuvo Hakkaraisen puolueesta" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Tässä ovat Suomen mepit! MTV Uutiset esittelee kaikki 13 edustajaa Teuvo Hakkaraisesta Elsi Kataiseen". MTV Uutiset. 26 May 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Perussuomalaisten maahanmuuttovastaisen siiven värisuora: Teuvo Hakkarainen valittiin 2. varapuheenjohtajaksi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Deputy head of nationalist Finns Party quits leadership post after harassment". Reuters. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  5. ^ Laatikainen, Outi; Mattlar, Markus (2024-04-30). "Teuvo Hakkarainen sittenkin ehdolle EU-vaaleihin – hän on sitoutumaton ehdokas vapauden liiton listalla". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  6. ^ "PS erotti Hakkaraisen ja Vornasen puolueesta – Hakkarainen: "En tiedä, mitä olen tehnyt"". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  7. ^ "Perussuomalaisista erotetulle Teuvo Hakkaraiselle kävi vaaleissa köpelösti" (in Finnish). yle.fi. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Teuvo Hakkarainen jättää politiikan – näin hän vihjaa tulevaisuudestaan". www.is.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2024-07-08.