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Riikka Pirkkalainen started as Special Adviser to Minister Rehula

Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Publication date 16.1.2017 10.00 | Published in English on 17.1.2017 at 12.41
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Master of Science Riikka Pirkkalainen has started as Special Adviser to Juha Rehula, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services.

The previous holder of the position Eeva Salmenpohja will take up the post of Director of Public Affairs at Kesko on 1 February 2017.

Pirkkalainen (born in 1979) has previously worked for example as Parliamentary Assistant at the Finnish Parliament and as Special Adviser at the European Parliament.

She has also worked as Project Manager at Luonnontieteiden Akateemisten Liitto, an association for academics in natural sciences, and as researcher at the University of Kuopio and at Kuopio University Hospital.

Hanna-Maija Kause will continue as the other Special Adviser to Minister Rehula.

Inquiries

Riikka Pirkkalainen, tel. +358 40 5395 090, [email protected]

Eeva Salmenpohja, tel.+358 50 5719 239

 
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