Background
SEPPANEN, Esko Olavi was born on February 15, 1946 in Oulu. Parents: Kalle and Ina-Maija.
SEPPANEN, Esko Olavi was born on February 15, 1946 in Oulu. Parents: Kalle and Ina-Maija.
Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Master of Science. Economics, 1966-1971. Spoken languages: Swedish, English, German, Spanish.
He also was a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. In 1974 he joined the Communist Party of Finland. In 1989 Seppänen opposed merging the Communist Party into the new Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto), criticizing the procedure as undemocratic.
Nevertheless, Esko Seppänen worked in the leadership of the new party until 2001.
Seppänen has a Bachelor"s degree in business studies (1971). He worked as journalist at Yleisradio in 1970–1987.
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Seppänen began politics by joining the Social Democratic Youth. He belonged to the more Eurocommunist majority of the party (as opposed to Taistoist Neo-Stalinist minority).
He is a former Member of the European Parliament (1996–2009) and Finnish parliament (1987–1996). In the European parliament Seppänen was Member of the Bureau of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left and sat on the European Parliament"s Committee on Budgets.
Spouse Kirsti Seppanen (née Tulonen), 1972. Children: Kaapo, Iiro.