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Veera Ruoho

Veera Marita Ruoho (née Liukkonen; born 4 August 1969 in Hirvensalmi) is a Finnish politician and an Olympic Taekwondo practitioner.[1]

She participated in the Women's Heavyweight competition in Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, losing in the first round to Canadian Dominique Bosshart.[1]

She was elected to parliament representing the Finns Party in April 2015.[1] She left the party in June 2017 after the election of an ultra-nationalist as its leader, and subsequently announced that she would join the National Coalition Party led by Petteri Orpo.[2] Ruoho took part in the 2019 parliamentary election as a candidate of the National Coalition Party, but was not re-elected.[3]

She was a police officer before entering politics.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veera Liukkonen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Two ex-Finns Party MPs cross floor to boost government ranks". Yle Uutiset. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Veera Ruoho loikkasi perussuomalaisista kokoomukseen, ja putosi – "Tulivat huutamaan, että eikö minua hävetä"". Ilta-Sanomat. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veera_Ruoho