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About Ilkka Hakalehto
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- Ilkka Matti Tapani Hakalehto (1936–2009) was a Finnish historian and politician. Hakalehto was known as a principled eurosceptic, who held that the European Union actively threatened the independence of Finland.
- From 1994–2004, he served as the president of the Vapaan Suomen liitto party ("Free Finland association"), formed in response to Finland's accession to the European Union in 1994.
- He stood as the True Finns candidate in the presidential election of 2000, achieving 1% of the vote.
- From 1979 onward, he had a docenture in political history at the University of Helsinki.
- He was also a long time member of Helsinki city council, representing first Centre Party (1972–1987) and then as independent (1987–2004).
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