- Timo Soini
Timo Juhani Soini (born
30 May 1962 Rauma,Finland ) is the leader of theTrue Finns party and, since 2003, a member of theParliament of Finland . He was elected as a member ofEspoo city council in2000 .Timo Soini worked for the food company "Linkosuo Oy" from
1981 to1982 and was Secretary General and Chairman of the "Kehittyvän Suomen Nuorten Liitto" (Youth league of developing Finland) from1983 to1992 . He graduated as Master of Social Sciences from theUniversity of Helsinki in1988 and his military rank iscorporal . He is a devoutRoman Catholic and a fan ofMillwall F.C. .He was a member of the Rural Party ("Suomen Maaseudun Puolue", SMP), and was Party Secretary General from
1992 to its end in1995 . He joined the True Finns Party ("Perussuomalaiset") when it was founded in1995 and succeededRaimo Vistbacka as Chairman of the party in1997 .Soini was his party's candidate in the 2006 Presidential election. He finished fifth out of the eight candidates in the first round, with a vote share of 3.4%. A book about Soini will be released by Tammi on March
2008 .Links
* [http://www.65degreesnorth.com/~degreesnorth/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=88&Itemid=85 Interview with Timo Soini in English ]
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