Jukka Mäkynen Explained

Party:Finns Party
Constituency Mp:Vaasa
Term Start:19 April 2019
Parliament:Finnish
Birth Place:Vaasa, Ostrobothnia, Finland

Jukka Mäkynen (born 27 April 1961 in Vaasa) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party at the Vaasa constituency.[1] Mäkynen is also a member of the Vaasa city council.

In 2015, Mäkynen was convicted to a five month-long conditional prison sentence for defrauding his mother.[2] In 2017, Mäkynen was also convicted for assault and had to pay compensation to the victim.[3] Due to non-payment, the compensation eventually had to be taken from his parliamentary salary by a public debt collector.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1438.aspx Eduskunta profile
  2. News: Hiilamo . Elli-Alina . Pietiläinen . Tuomo . HS kävi läpi eduskuntaan ensi kertaa nousevien rikostaustoja: Useampi perussuomalaisten kansanedustaja on tuomittu vuoden 2012 jälkeen . 11 May 2019 . Helsingin Sanomat . 18 April 2019. Finnish.
  3. News: Lehtonen . Marko-Oskari . Kansanedustaja Jukka Mäkynen tuomittiin pahoinpitelystä vuonna 2017 - maksaa uhrille tuomitut vahingonkorvaukset ulosoton kautta edustajanpalkkiostaan . 30 June 2021 . Iltalehti . 10 May 2019. Finnish.