Merja Kuusisto (born 4 December 1954 in
Hausjärvi
Hausjärvi is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Oitti.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The po ...
) is a
Finnish politician. From 2007 to 2015 she was a member of the
Parliament of Finland
The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...
from the Uuismaa constituency.
She lives in
Tuusula and is a qualified specialist nurse.
She and her husband, Päivön, have two daughters. Prior to her election to Parliament, Kuusisto was Chairwoman of the Tuusula municipal council, to which she was first elected in 1985, from 2001 to 2006. Kuusisto is a member of the
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...
.
References
1954 births
Living people
People from Hausjärvi
Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2007–2011)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015)
Finnish nurses
20th-century Finnish women politicians
21st-century Finnish women politicians
Women members of the Parliament of Finland
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