Mirja Vehkaperä

{{Short description|Finnish politician (born 1976)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Mirja Vehkaperä

|honorific-suffix = MEP

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|office = Member of the European Parliament

|term_start = 2018

|term_end = 2019

|constituency = Finland

|office1 = Member of the Finnish Parliament

|term_start1 = 21 March 2007

|term_end1 = 17 June 2018

|constituency1 = Oulu

|birth_name =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|4|6|df=y}}

|birth_place = Haukipudas, Finland

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|death_place =

|party = Centre Party
ALDE

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|children =

|alma_mater = University of Oulu

|website = {{URL|https://www.mirjavehkapera.fi/}}

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Mirja Tellervo Vehkaperä (born 6 April 1976) is a Finnish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2018 until 2019. She is a member of the Centre Party, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party.{{Cite news|url=http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/oululainen-kansanedustaja-mirja-vehkapera-siirtyy-euroopan-parlamenttiin/796359/|title=Oululainen kansanedustaja Mirja Vehkaperä siirtyy Euroopan parlamenttiin|work=Kaleva.fi|access-date=2018-06-20|language=fi}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.helsinginuutiset.fi/artikkeli/671884-vayrysen-paikalle-matkaava-mirja-vehkapera-lahden-ajamaan-pohjoisten-alueiden-etua|title=Väyrysen paikalle matkaava Mirja Vehkaperä: "Lähden ajamaan pohjoisten alueiden etua"|last=Vähämäki|first=Tero|work=Helsingin Uutiset|access-date=2018-06-20|language=fi}}

Vehkaperä was first elected to the parliament of Finland in 2007 from the constituency of Oulu and was later re-elected in 2011 and 2015 elections.{{cite web |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/962.aspx |title= Kansanedustajat: Mirja Vehkaperä |publisher= Parliament of Finland |accessdate=20 June 2018}} She run to the European Parliament in the 2014 election, but wasn't elected.{{cite web |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/EPV2014/fi/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |title= Europarlamenttivaalit 2014: Ehdokkaiden äänet |publisher= Ministry of Justice |accessdate=20 June 2018}}

In 2018, MEP Paavo Väyrynen left his seat prompting Vehkaperä to succeed him for the remainder of the term. Vehkaperä started in the European Parliament on 18 June 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/201806122201008409 |title= Mirja Vehkaperä lähtee Väyrysen paikalle Euroopan parlamenttiin |work= Iltalehti |date=12 June 2018 |access-date=20 June 2018}} She served as shadow rapporteur for a non-binding opinion on the renegotiation of treaties with Switzerland.{{cite web|url=http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-8-2019-0147_EN.html|title=Proposal for a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the Institutional Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation|date=2019-03-01}}