Background
JAASKELAINEN, Jouko Tapani was born on March 18, 1952 in Anjala. Finland. Parents: Reino Armas Jaaskelainen and Armi Helena Marjatta Jààskelàinen (née Kujala).
JAASKELAINEN, Jouko Tapani was born on March 18, 1952 in Anjala. Finland. Parents: Reino Armas Jaaskelainen and Armi Helena Marjatta Jààskelàinen (née Kujala).
Master of Science (Sociology and Mass Communications), 1978. Spoken languages: Swedish, English, German.
District Secretary, Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (Finnish Christian Union) North-Hàme Region. 1977-1980; Municipal and Information Officer, Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (Finnish Christian Union), 1980-1982. Party Secretary, Suomen Kristillinen Liitto (Finnish Christian Union), since 1983.
Councillor, Vantaa Town Council, since 1989.
Lutheran
Jääskeläinen was a Member of Parliament from 1991 to 2003 and from 2011 to 2015. From 2011 to 2015 Jääskeläinen was a member of the Finance Committee, the Tax Subcommittee, the Housing and Environment Subcommittee, the Committee for the Future and the Inter Parliamentary Union, Finnish Group. Previously, he was a member of the Committee for Labour Affairs, the Environment Committee, the Commerce Committee, the Grand Committee, the Defence Committee, the Legal Affairs Committee, the Constitutional Law Committee, the Education and Culture Committee, the Finnish Delegation to the Nordic Council and the Advisory Council of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.
Spouse Ritva Eeva Irmeli Siitonen, 1983. Children: Milka, Suvi, Juho.