# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esko-seppanen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:22:43.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esko-seppanen"
name: "Esko Seppänen"
slug: "esko-seppanen"
description: "Esko Olavi Seppänen was a Finnish politician who represented the Left Alliance. He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1996 to 2009, and a member of the Finnish parliament from 1987 to 1996."
tagline: "Finnish journalist and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-02-15"
deathDate: "2025-12-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.669654666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.eskoseppanen.net"
sources:
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    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "اسكو سيپانين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esko_Sepp%C3%A4nen"
    title: "Esko Seppänen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362858"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump