Arja Juvonen | |
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| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
| Assumed office 20 April 2011 | |
| Constituency | Uusimaa |
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| Born | 8 December 1967 Kuopio mlk,Northern Savonia,Finland |
| Political party | Finns Party |
Arja Sinikka Juvonen (born 8 December 1967) is a Finnish politician who represents the conservative Finns Party in the Parliament of Finland. [1] [2] [3]
Juvonen served in the city council of Espoo since 2009 and in 2011 was elected to represent the Uusimaa constituency in the Parliament of Finland. [4]
In 2017,Juvonen left the Finns Party due to the election of the Jussi Halla-aho as the leader of the party. However,she did not join the Blue Reform party,which was formed by the MPs that had left the Finns Party. [5] Instead,after a few weeks,Juvonen re-joined the Finns Party. [6]
In May 2020,Juvonen publicly criticized the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland,arguing that the government was not prepared to response to the pandemic. [7]
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