Seppo Assar Kustaa Westerlund (2 November 1930 – 22 February 2014) was a Finnish engineer and politician, born in

Oulu Oulu ( , ; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Ostrobothnia. It is located on the northwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Oulujoki, River Oulu. The population of Oulu is approximately , while the Oulu sub-regio ...

. He began his political career in the Liberal League. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ...

from 1970 to 1979, representing the Liberal People's Party (LKP). He served as Minister of Defence from 29 September 1976 to 15 May 1977. He was a presidential elector in the

1978 Finnish presidential election Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1978. They were the first elections since 1968, as Parliament had extended Urho Kekkonen's term by four years.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', ...

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