Career
He was elected to the Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) in the 2007 parliamentary election, but he was resigned after he was elected to the post of mayor. Jukka Mäkelä was a member in the Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Elanto administration board (hallintoneuvosto) during 2008-2012. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Elanto is part of South Group (SOK).
This is third biggest company and leading retail trade company in Finland in 2012.
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Elanto has business e.g. in hotels, shopping centers, restaurants and petrol stations (Energy in Finland). In the municipal elections Jukka Mäkelä got 1,973 votes out of 113,000 in 2008.