Esko Olavi Seppänen is a Finnish

Politics of Finland

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 politician

Politician

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 representing Left Alliance

Left Alliance (Finland)

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. He is a former Member of the European Parliament

Member of the European Parliament

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 (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

European Parliament

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's Committee on Budgets

Committee on Budgets

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. He also was a substitute for the Committee on Budgetary Control

Committee on Budgetary Control

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 and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Before founding of the Left Alliance in 1990 Seppänen represented the Finnish People's Democratic League

Finnish People's Democratic League

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 and he was a member of the Communist Party of Finland

Communist Party of Finland

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Seppänen has a Bachelor's degree in business

Business

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 studies (1971). He worked as journalist

Journalist

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 at Yleisradio

Yleisradio

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in 1970–1987.

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