# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mika-aaltola
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:02:40.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mika-aaltola"
name: "Mika Aaltola"
slug: "mika-aaltola"
description: "Mika Petteri Aaltola is a Finnish political scientist and a member of the European Parliament. He is a former director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. He has gained media attention since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which he follows and regularly comments on. Aaltola holds a doctorate in social sciences. He works as docent at Tampere University, and was a part-time professor at Tallinn University. He ran as an independent candidate for president of Finland in the 2024 presidential election."
tagline: "Finnish political scientist (born 1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1718798921005_20240618_AALTOLA_Mika_FI_005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1969-05-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.78
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.880130666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/MikaAaltola"
    handle:    "MikaAaltola"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/maaltola/"
    handle:    "maaltola"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "MikaAaltola2024"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
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    handle:    "mika-aaltola-6385501b"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11380439/"
    handle:    "nm11380439"
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    title: "Mika Aaltola"
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    title: "Mika Aaltola"
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    title: "Mika Aaltola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mika Aaltola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mika Aaltola"
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    title: "മിക്ക ആൽറ്റോള"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump