| Riitta Uosukainen | |
| Office: | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland |
| Term Start: | 7 February 1994 |
| Term End: | 21 April 1995 |
| Term Start2: | 7 February 1995 |
| Term End2: | 23 March 1999 |
| Term Start3: | 20 April 1999 |
| Term End3: | 18 March 2003 |
| Office5: | Minister of Education |
| Term Start5: | 26 April 1991 |
| Term End5: | 10 February 1994 |
| Predecessor5: | Ole Norrback |
| Successor5: | Olli-Pekka Heinonen |
| Office6: | Member of the Finnish Parliament |
| Term Start6: | 26 March 1983 |
| Term End6: | 18 March 2003 |
| Constituency6: | Kymi |
| Birth Name: | Riitta Maria Vainikka |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Jääski, Finland |
| Party: | National Coalition Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Helsinki |
Riitta Maria Uosukainen (née Vainikka; 18 June 1942, Jääski, Viipuri Province, Finland (now Svetogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia)) is a Finnish politician and former Member of Parliament. She is one of the eight people to gain the highest honorary title, Counselor of State, given by the President.
Uosukainen worked as editor of the Kustannus Oy Tammi publishing house 1965–1966, before beginning university studies. She graduated with a Licentiate in Philosophy in 1970. She also worked as a teacher from 1969, becoming a Senior Teacher in 1971. She continued her career in education by becoming a Lecturer in Finnish language didactics at the University of Joensuu in 1976. She also served as Regional Teacher Educator in Finnish from 1976 to 1983.
She began her political career in 1977 when she was elected to Imatra Town Council, retaining that post until 1992, before being elected to the Finnish Parliament in 1983 for the National Coalition Party. She remained as a member of parliament until 2003.[1]
Uosukainen was Minister of Education (1991–1994), National Coalition Party presidential candidate in 2000, and Speaker of the Finnish Parliament almost continuously from 1994 to 2003.