Sampo Terho is the chairman of Suomalaisuuden Liitto

Association of Finnish Culture and Identity

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 (2009 - incumbent), and Member of the European Parliament

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 (since 2011). He is a Master of Arts, having studied the history of Finland, and has worked as a researcher in the Finnish National Defence University

Finnish National Defence University

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. Terho has also served as a peace-keeper in Kosovo

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. As Sampo Terho received the second largest amount of votes on the True Finns

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' electoral list in the 2009 European Parliament election

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, he succeeded Timo Soini

Timo Soini

Timo Juhani Soini is a Finnish politician, and co-founder and current leader of the True Finns party. He was a member of the European Parliament from 2009 until 2011, when he returned to the Parliament of Finland. Well-known as an EU-sceptic populist, he was elected a member of the Espoo city...

 in the European Parliament

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, when Soini was elected to Parliament of Finland

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 in the 2011 election

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