1. Laura Huhtasaari was born on 30 March 1979 and is a Finnish politician and teacher.
22 Facts About Laura Huhtasaari
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Laura Huhtasaari was the Finns Party candidate for the 2018 Finnish presidential election.
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In 2019 Huhtasaari was elected to the European Parliament with 92,760 votes.
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Laura Huhtasaari has worked as an elementary teacher and a special education teacher.
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Laura Huhtasaari was elected to the City Council of Pori with 1,064 votes in 2012 and again with 2,566 votes in 2017.
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Laura Huhtasaari stood in the 2014 European Parliament election and received 9,132 votes but was not elected.
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In 2015 Laura Huhtasaari was elected to the Parliament with 9,259 votes.
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Laura Huhtasaari endorsed Jussi Halla-aho for president of the Finns Party.
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Laura Huhtasaari was elected first vice president of the Finns Party on 10 June 2017, the same day when Halla-aho was elected president.
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On 4 August 2017, Laura Huhtasaari was chosen as the presidential candidate of the Finns Party.
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Laura Huhtasaari was elected to the Parliament of Finland in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election.
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Laura Huhtasaari believes that the European Union is going to collapse and Finland should leave the EU.
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Laura Huhtasaari accused the EU of trying to turn itself into a state, which she described as a threat to Finnish interest, sovereignty and democracy.
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Laura Huhtasaari suggested that Finland withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty and Paris Agreement, and ban Islam from the country.
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Laura Huhtasaari opposes Finland becoming a member of NATO but supports developing cooperation with the alliance.
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Laura Huhtasaari is a supporter of former President of the United States Donald Trump.
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Laura Huhtasaari believes that the president of Finland should have more power.
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Laura Huhtasaari has said that "feminists today loath Jewish-Christian culture and they hate white Christian men".
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Laura Huhtasaari is a creationist and believes that evolution is a "totally impossible theory".
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Laura Huhtasaari has said that Finland should reject international agreements to prevent economic migrants from coming to Finland.
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Laura Huhtasaari responded by claiming to have written the dissertation in good faith, relying on any shortcomings being detected during the review process.
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Laura Huhtasaari claimed to have followed the university's own guidance regarding citing of earlier theses, namely that such citations were advised against, as dissertations could not be guaranteed to be of sufficiently high academic standards.