Mika Pekka Raatikainen (born 7 November 1961) is a Finnish politician, policeman and a member of

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, representing the

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. Raatikainen was born in

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. He was first elected as a substitute member to the parliament in

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, and became member of parliament on 4 July 2014, when

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left to the

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. In the 2015 parliamentary election, Raatikainen got 3,370 votes and got elected. Raatikainen was not re-elected in the 2019 parliamentary election, but again took the seat of Halla-aho as a substitute in April 2019, due to Halla-aho's ongoing term in the European Parliament. Before a career in the politics, Raatikainen had a long career in the Helsinki Police Department, in which he started working in 1983. He has a Lebanese wife, who he first met in

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in 2006.

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1961 births Living people Politicians from Helsinki Finns Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019) Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–2023) {{FinnsParty-politician-stub