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Teppo Säkkinen appointed as Special Adviser to Minister Leppä

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Publication date 21.5.2018 9.51 | Published in English on 23.5.2018 at 15.37
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Photo: Jari Laukkanen

Mr Teppo Säkkinen, Bachelor of Social Sciences, has been appointed to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to serve as Special Adviser to Minister Jari Leppä as from 21 May.

Säkkinen is 27 years old, comes from Rovaniemi, and has studied leadership at the University of Lapland. At the ministry he will be responsible for the natural resources sector. 

Before this Säkkinen has worked in various development cooperation organisations and as parliamentary assistant and journalist, and has chaired the Union of Upper Secondary School Students and the Finnish Centre Youth.

Risto Lahti continues as the Special Adviser to the Minister responsible for food and foodstuffs.

Inquiries at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry:
Risto Lahti, Special Adviser to Minister Leppä, tel. +358 50 565 0424
Jari Leppä