1. Jaana Pelkonen was born on 27 January 1977 and is a Finnish politician and television presenter.
12 Facts About Jaana Pelkonen
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Jaana Pelkonen has hosted the Finnish qualifications of the Eurovision Song Contest for five years.
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On 12 May 2007 Jaana Pelkonen hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 together with Mikko Leppilampi.
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Jaana Pelkonen gave the Finnish votes in the Eurovision Dance Contest 2008 held in Glasgow, Scotland which was the second ever Dance Contest.
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Jaana Pelkonen earned her master's degree in political science from Helsinki University in 2007, after graduation she worked as an assistant for the Finnish Minister of Communications Suvi Linden.
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Jaana Pelkonen received attention in Finland when she took part in the 2008 local elections.
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Jaana Pelkonen was elected to Helsinki City Council with 3,518 votes, the 15th highest vote total in the nation.
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Jaana Pelkonen was the highest ranking celebrity amongst the candidates for local councillors.
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Jaana Pelkonen was further elected to the Finnish parliament in 2011 representing the National Coalition Party.
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In 2015 parliamentary election Jaana Pelkonen got the highest vote total in Helsinki and the highest vote total of all female candidates in the nation.
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Jaana Pelkonen was re-elected in 2019 parliamentary election with 10,563 votes.
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In February 2020, Jaana Pelkonen announced that she would not run in the next parliamentary election.