# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mauri-pekkarinen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:58:05.868Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mauri-pekkarinen"
name: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
slug: "mauri-pekkarinen"
description: "Reijo Mauri Matias Pekkarinen is a Finnish politician. He most recently served as a Member of European Parliament for Finland between 2019 and 2024. He is the Centre Party of Finland deputy and secretary, having served in various cabinet position in the Finnish government, including as Minister of Economic Affairs, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Minister of the Interior, as well as a member of parliament. He is known by the nickname \"The Parliament Terrier\"."
tagline: "Finnish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Naringsminister_Mauri_Pekkarinen_Finland.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-10-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.66
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.337869333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1620862/"
    handle:    "nm1620862"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mauripekkarinen.fi/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauri_Pekkarinen"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1854955"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6056878"
    title: "Mauri Pekkarinen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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