Jorma Antero Piisinen (born 1 March 1960 in

Varkaus Varkaus, before 1929 known as Warkaus, is a Middle- Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region, between the city of Kuopio and the town of ...

, Finland) is a Finnish television presenter, journalist and current Member of Parliament, regional councillor and city councillor in

Järvenpää Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...

. He is known as the presenter of the programme Joka kodin asuntomarkkinat (The Housing Market of Every Home) on

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from 1991 to 2010. Piisinen became its main character in 1993. With the publicity, Piisinen also became a popular performer at various fairs.

Biography

In the 2021 municipal elections, Piisinen was elected to Järvenpää City Council as a candidate of the

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with 1 038 votes, after which he was elected as the 1st vice-chairman of the City Council. In the 2022 regional elections, Piisinen was also elected to the Keski-Uusimaa welfare area as a candidate of the Finns Party with 823 votes. In the 2023 Parliamentary elections, Piisinen was elected as a member of parliament from the Uusimaa constituency on the lists of the

. He received 7 118 votes.

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