Mikko Pesälä

Mikko Pesälä (born 30 November 1938, Iitti) is a Finnish ex-politician and a former Finnish member of the European Parliament. A farmer by trade, he served as a member of the Parliament of Finland for 24 years, from 1975 to 1999, representing the Centre Party. He also served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 1994 to 1995.

In the election in 1999, Pesälä was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP), representing Finland and the ELDR.^[1] He declined to run for re-election in 2004 and withdrew from political life.

References

1. ^ "Mikko PESÄLÄ". Your MEPs. European Parliament. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/members/archive/alphaOrder/view.do?language=EN&id=4259. Retrieved 14 February 2011. 

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Name	Pesala, Mikko
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Date of birth	30 November 1938
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