Jukka Mäkelä (born 7 July 1960 in Espoo) is a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party and the current city manager/mayor of Espoo, the second largest city of Finland, since 1 January 2011.[1] He was elected to the Parliament of Finland (Eduskunta) in the 2007 parliamentary election, but he was resigned after he was elected to the post of mayor. He is married and he has three children.[1]

Jukka Mäkelä
City Manager of Espoo
Assumed office
1 January 2011
Preceded byMarketta Kokkonen
Personal details
Born (1960-07-07) 7 July 1960 (age 63)
Espoo, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition Party
SpouseSaijaliisa Mäkelä

Jukka Mäkelä was a member in the HOK Elanto administration board (hallintoneuvosto) during 2008–2012. HOK Elanto is part of S Group (SOK). This is third biggest company and leading retail trade company in Finland in 2012. HOK Elanto has business e.g. in hotels, shopping centers, restaurants and petrol stations (Energy in Finland).[2]

Jukka Mäkelä is member of Helsinki district administration of Chamber of Commerce (valtuuskunta) in 2013.[3]

Elections edit

In the municipal elections Jukka Mäkelä got 1,973 votes out of 113,000 in 2008.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b The new mayor of Espoo is Jukka Mäkelä, Ilta-Sanomat 2010
  2. ^ HOK Elanto information
  3. ^ /valtuuskunnan_kokoonpano
  4. ^ "Espoo - Ehdokkaat vertauslukujärjestyksessä 2008". Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2013-05-31.