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Veijo Puhjo

Politician

Veijo Puhjo is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Veijo Puhjo · ڤيچو پوهچو				[sources]
Alias	Puhjo Veijo · Veijo Olavi Puhjo				[sources]
Birth date	1948-06-26				[sources]
Place of birth	Loimaa				[sources]
Death date	2019-12-09				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Finland				[sources]
Country	Finland				[sources]
Citizenship	Finland				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Veijo · Veijo Olavi				[sources]
Last name	Puhjo				[sources]
Political association	Left Alliance				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q7918643				[sources]
Position	Eduskunta (member, 2003-2007) · Eduskunta (member, 2007-2011) · member of the Parliament of Finland (1995-2011) · municipal councillor in Finland				[sources]
Education	University of Greifswald · University of Helsinki				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-19	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Finnish physician and politician (1948–2019)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-11-15

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Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata334,594

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,278

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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