| Mirja Vehkaperä | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MEP |
| Office: | Member of the European Parliament |
| Term Start: | 2018 |
| Term End: | 2019 |
| Constituency: | Finland |
| Office1: | Member of the Finnish Parliament |
| Term Start1: | 21 March 2007 |
| Term End1: | 17 June 2018 |
| Constituency1: | Oulu |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Haukipudas, Finland |
| Party: | Centre Party ALDE |
| Alma Mater: | University of Oulu |
Mirja Tellervo Vehkaperä (born 6 April 1976) is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2018 until 2019. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.[1] [2]
Vehkaperä was first elected to the parliament of Finland in 2007 from the constituency of Oulu and was later re-elected in 2011 and 2015 elections.[3] She run to the European Parliament in the 2014 election, but wasn't elected.[4]
In 2018, MEP Paavo Väyrynen left his seat prompting Vehkaperä to succeed him for the remainder of the term. Vehkaperä started in the European Parliament on 18 June 2018.[5] She served as shadow rapporteur for a non-binding opinion on the renegotiation of treaties with Switzerland.[6]