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Kaj Turunen
Kaj Turunen in 2011
Member of Finnish Parliament for South-Eastern Finland
In office 22 April 2015 – 16 April 2019
Member of Finnish Parliament for Southern Savonia
In office 20 April 2011 – 21 April 2015
Personal details
Born	(1960-12-27) 27 December 1960 (age 63) Lohja, Finland
Nationality	Finn
Political party	National Coalition Party

Kaj Valentin Turunen (born 27 December 1960 in Lohja) is a Finnish politician. Turunen was elected to the Finnish Parliament in the 2011 election as a The Finns Party candidate from the electoral district of Southern Savonia with 2,631 votes. In 2015, he won a seat in South-Eastern Finland.

On 13 June 2017, Turunen and 19 others left the Finns Party parliamentary group to found the New Alternative parliamentary group. In April 2018, he left the party to join the National Coalition Party.

Turunen has a professional education as a construction worker (1978, Jyväskylän ammattikoulu), and has further professional qualifications in entrepreneurship (2008) and leadership (2011), both from JAMK University of Applied Sciences.

References

1. skip breadcrumbEduskunta.fi
2. "Valitut ehdokkaat Etelä-Savon vaalipiiri". Archived from the original on 21 April 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
3. "Tällainen on Uusi vaihtoehto – Nämä kansanedustajat jättivät perussuomalaiset". Yle. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
4. "Kaj Turunen siirtyy Sinisistä Kokoomukseen". Verkkouutiset. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2018.

• 1960 births
• Living people
• People from Lohja
• Finns Party politicians
• Blue Reform politicians
• National Coalition Party politicians
• Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015)
• Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019)