Tuomo Puumala

Tuomo Puumala
Tuomo Puumala
Member of Finnish Parliament; for Vaasa
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 March 2007
Personal details
Born	Tuomo Matti Oskari Puumala; 3 April 1982 (age 42); Kaustinen, Finland
Political party	Centre Party
Occupation	Politician

Tuomo Matti Oskari Puumala (born April 3, 1982 in Kaustinen, Finland) is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party. He has been a member of the Finnish Parliament from Vaasa since 2007. He has a master's degree in Social Science. Before his political career he worked as a journalist for Kokkola and Perhonjokilaakso newspapers. He was also the Chairman of Finnish Centre Youth from 2005 to 2009.^[1]

Puumala entered the race for Centre Party leadership in 2012. He beat in the first round a well known veteran politician Paavo Väyrynen and Timo Kaunisto. Nevertheless, in the final round of voting, Sipilä bested Tuomo Puumala by a vote of 1251–872.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Tuomo Puumala". Parliament of Finland. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
^ "Centre elects high tech engineer as new leader". Yle. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
^ "Watch: Centre Party candidates fish (and sing) for votes". Yle. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

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[1] "Tuomo Puumala". Parliament of Finland. 30 November 2012. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

[2] "Centre elects high tech engineer as new leader". Yle. 9 June 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

[3] "Watch: Centre Party candidates fish (and sing) for votes". Yle. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.

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