Teuvo Hakkarainen
Teuvo Hakkarainen | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| In office 2 July 2019 – 15 July 2024 | |
| Constituency | Finland |
| Member of Finnish Parliament for Central Finland | |
| In office 20 April 2011 – 2 July 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 April 1960 Viitasaari, Central Finland, Finland |
| Political party | Finns Party (until 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | Freedom Alliance |
| Website | www.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.
On 10 June 2017, Hakkarainen was elected Second Vice Chairman of the Finns Party. He served in the position until December 2017, when he resigned the post after sexually harassing a fellow member of parliament. 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. This resulted in Hakkarainen getting expelled from the Finns Party on 9 May 2024. He subsequently lost his seat in the European Parliament and announced his retirement from politics.