Kyösti Karjula

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Kyösti Juhani Karjula (born May 8, 1952 in Oulu) is a politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament from Lumijoki, representing the Centre Party. He was first elected to parliament in 1995 and remained until 2011.{{cite web |title=Kyösti Karjula |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/462.aspx |publisher=Eduskunta |access-date=26 April 2022 |language=fi-FI}}

Karjula has an agricultural agent's education from the University of Helsinki. His military rank is Senior Lieutenant. Karjula is a member of the conservative Lutheran revival movement Laestadianism. He and his wife Eila Marjatta Ylielsilä have 18 children, thirteen sons and five daughters.