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About Pekka Paavola
- Pekka Paavola (born 3 August 1933 in Tampere) is a Finnish politician, Minister of Justice in the 1972 cabinet, and a convicted criminal in multiple cases. Paavola was a city manager in Tampere 1969–1985.
- He was the Minister of Justice in the 1972 Rafael Paasio's cabinet.
- He was convicted of corruption in so called Noppa Case in the 1980s, when he was found guilty of misusing office for personal gain.
- Paavola was manager in the newspaper company Lehtimiehet Oy and later in the magazine company Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet.
- He retired in 1996.
- He returned to politics in 1992 when he was elected to Tampere city council on the Pro Tampere ticket.
- He later formed the Tampere Independents group. In 2002 he was convicted of aggravated tax fraud.
- He received a 10-month suspended prison sentence.The city council dismissed Paavola in 2002, but he was elected again in 2004.
- In December 2006 he was elected as a chairman of the council with a support from the Conservatives, Christian Democrats, The Centre and the Greens.
- He still has a good reputation among many ordinary people in Tampere.
- He was on Tampere city council until 2008. On 31 December 2009 Paavola was handed a four-month suspended sentence for perjury in a case related to Maija-Liisa Lahtinen.
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