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(Redirected from Esko Olavi Seppänen) Finnish politician (born 1946)
Esko Seppänen
Esko Seppänen (2009)
Member of the European Parliament
In office
1996–2009
ConstituencyFinland
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office
1987–1996
Personal details
Born (1946-02-15) 15 February 1946 (age 78)
Oulu
Political partyLeft Alliance
Other political
affiliations		Communist Party of Finland
OccupationJournalist

Esko Olavi Seppänen (born 15 February 1946) is a Finnish former politician representing the Left Alliance. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1996 to 2009, and a member of the Finnish parliament from 1987 to 1996.

In the European Parliament Seppänen was Member of the Bureau of the European United Left–Nordic Green Left and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets. He also was a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy.

Seppänen was born in Oulu, and began politics by joining the Social Democratic Youth. In 1974 he joined the Communist Party of Finland. He belonged to the more Eurocommunist majority of the party (as opposed to the Taistoist Neo-Stalinist minority). In 1989 Seppänen opposed merging the Communist Party into the new Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto), criticizing the procedure as undemocratic. Nevertheless, Esko Seppänen worked in the leadership of the new party until 2001.

Seppänen has a bachelor's degree in business studies (1971). He worked as journalist at Yleisradio in 1970–1987.

References

  1. Curriculum vitae Accessed =22.3.2009
  2. "20 vuotta sitten: Kentän paine ratkaisi", in Kansan Uutiset
  3. "Vasemmisto.fi". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2015-03-23.

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