Ano Turtiainen

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Ano Turtiainen
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Member of the Finnish Parliament for South-Eastern Finland
Assumed office
April 17, 2019
Parliamentary groupPower Belongs to the People (2021−) (renamed from Eduskuntaryhmä Ano Turtiainen (2020-2021))
Finns Party (2019−2020)
Personal details
Born
Ano Veli Samuel Turtiainen

(1967-08-25) 25 August 1967 (age 54)
Sääminki, Mikkeli Province, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Alma materWärtsilä Vocational School
OccupationEntrepreneur
[1]

Ano Veli Samuel Turtiainen (25 August 1967 in Sääminki) is a Finnish former powerlifter and a politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the South-Eastern Finland constituency. He is also founder and leader of Power Belongs to the People party. He lives in Juva. Turtiainen was elected to the parliament in the 2019 parliamentary election.[1] Turtiainen was expelled from the Finns Party due to a racist tweet mocking the death of George Floyd in February 2021.[2]

Criminal record[]

In December 2015 Turtiainen published a Facebook status saying that "people had taken great personal risks when acting in elimination operations to destroy existing and planned asylum centres". In his Facebook status, Turtiainen considered the Finnish Red Cross to be his greatest enemy and wrote if "it was now time to expand operations to the enemy headquarters". The matter escalated into a controversy after Member of Parliament Laura Huhtasaari had liked the status. The Finnish Red Cross reported Turtiainen's message to the police. In September 2018 Turtiainen was sentenced in the district court of Southern Savonia to 60 day-fines for public incitement to crime.[3][4] After being elected as a Member of Parliament, Turtiainen commented that "in this company this sentence is just a feather in my cap".[5]

Turtiainen has also been sentenced for assault. According to Helsingin Sanomat, the district court of Southern Savonia sentenced Turtiainen to fines in March 2010 for assaulting a 14-year-old boy from Juva. Turtiainen had been previously sentenced for assault in 1997 and 1995.[6]

Controversy[]

On 3 June 2020 Turtiainen mocked the murder of George Floyd on his Twitter account with a tweet showing an image of Floyd, a police officer's knee on his neck and his face colorized pink, with the phrase "Pink Floyd".[7] His parliamentary group called the tweet "not acceptable".[7] The tweet was later deleted.[7] As a response to Turtiainen's tweet, the Finns Party expelled him from the parliamentary group.[8] Citing zero tolerance for racism, US-based company announced that it is ending its business relationship with Ano Turtiainen's company, Metal Sport & Gear.[8]

Sports career[]

Turtiainen competed for the International Powerlifting Federation, World Powerlifting Congress and . In 1998, Turtiainen was tested positive for androgenic drugs and banned for two years.[9] In 2002, he set a deadlift world record 405.5 kg for WPC.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ano Turtiainen profile". Parliament of Finland. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ IL:n tiedot: Kansanedustaja Ano Turtiaiselle potkut perussuomalaisista - "Vahingoittanut puoluetta", Iltalehti. Accessed on 27 February 2021.
  3. ^ Teittinen, Paavo (28 December 2015). "Kansanedustaja Huhtasaari sanoo tykänneensä väkivaltaan yllyttävästä Facebook-päivityksestä vahingossa – "En missään nimessä hyväksy"" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Finns Party pol fined for inciting violence against Red Cross". Yle News. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Valituksensa hovioikeuteen perunut kansanedustaja Ano Turtiainen ei kadu tuomittua tekstiään — "Tässä porukassa tämä tuomio on vain sulka hattuun"" (in Finnish). Länsi-Savo. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. ^ Pietiläinen, Tuomo (19 May 2019). "Kaksi kansanedustajien lausahdusta kiteyttää sen, miksi median pitää tarkasti kaivaa poliitikkojen tekemisiä" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. ^ a b c Foreigner.fi. "Perussuomalaiset MP mocks George Floyd's death". Foreigner.fi. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  8. ^ a b Hartikainen, Jarno: Perussuomalaisten eduskuntaryhmä erotti Ano Turtiaisen sopimattoman somekäytöksen vuoksi, Helsingin Sanomat 4 June 2020. Accessed on 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Kolmelle voimanostajalle kahden vuoden kilpailukielto" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 12 June 1998. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  10. ^ Valta, Ville-Veikko (15 April 2019). "405,5 kiloa maasta vetänyt voimanoston ME-mies nousee eduskuntaan Kaakkois-Suomesta – saanut tuomion rikokseen yllyttämisestä" (in Finnish). Iltalehti. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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