Raimo Piirainen

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| constituency_MP = Oulu

| term_start1 = 20 July 2009

| term_end1 = 21 April 2015

| term_start = 17 April 2019

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| birth_date = {{bda|1952|December|22}}

| birth_place = Kajaani, Kainuu, Finland

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Raimo Olavi Piirainen (born 22 December 1952 in Kajaani) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Social Democratic Party of Finland at the Oulu constituency.[https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1051.aspx Eduskunta profile] He first entered parliament in 2009 to replace Liisa Jaakonsaari, who had been elected as a Member of European Parliament. He lost his seat at the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election, and was re-elected to his Oulu parliamentary seat in 2019.

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