Reijo Tossavainen


Reijo Tossavainen is a Finnish politician and a member of the True Finns.
He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Parliament of Finland for the 2011 parliamentary election. In 2015 Tossavainen did not seek re-election.

Work and life

Reijo Tossavainen was a managing director and owner of the Valkealan Sanomat newspaper, which he sold. He did not stop writing since then. He is keeping a weblog in Uusi Suomi web publication. He has been a chairman of the entrepreneurial society and home region society. He lives in two places: Kouvola and Savitaipale.

Political career

In the 2011 parliamentary election, the list of the True Finns polled 23.27% and won three of the twelve seats in the electoral district of Kymi. Reijo Tossavainen polled 5,725 votes
during the personal vote.
He represented the constituency of Kymi in the Finnish parliament. He was a member of three parliamentary committees until April 2015: transport and communications, agriculture and forestry, broadcasting Ltd. board.

Political mandate