page_title: Esko-Juhani Tennilä
hierarchical_section_title: Esko-Juhani Tennilä
caption_attribution_description: English: Esko-Juhani Tennilä. Member of Finnish parliament until 2011. Suomi: Esko-Juhani Tennilä. Kansanedustaja vuoteen 2011.
context_page_description: Esko-Juhani Tennilä is Finnish leftist politician from Lapland and member of Parliament since 1975 until 2011.
  Tennilä was born in Rovaniemi and has studied in University of Tampere and worked as reporter for Hämeen Yhteistyö 1966–1975.
  Tennilä has been elected to Parliament from lists of SKDL 1975–1979, as independent 1983, as a representative of DeVa in 1987, and representative of Left Alliance from 1991.
  Tennilä was member of pro-Soviet opposition on Communist Party of Finland that was expelled from the party in 1986 and formed DeVa. He was chairman of Communist Party of Finland in 1989–1990. Tennilä left the chairmanship in 1990 as he joined Left Alliance.
  Tennilä was internal critic of Left Alliance politics and was dismissed in 1995 from Left Alliance's parliamentary group as he opposed joining the Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet. He returned to list of Left Alliance in 1999 elections.
  Tennilä has profiled himself as representative of Northern Finland and was in 2003 the most popular of the elected representatives in Lapland constituency. He has written poetry and children's books.
context_section_description: Esko-Juhani Tennilä (born 10 October 1947) is Finnish leftist politician from Lapland and member of Parliament since 1975 until 2011.
  Tennilä was born in Rovaniemi and has studied in University of Tampere and worked as reporter for Hämeen Yhteistyö 1966–1975.
  Tennilä has been elected to Parliament from lists of SKDL 1975–1979, as independent 1983, as a representative of DeVa in 1987, and representative of Left Alliance from 1991.
  Tennilä was member of pro-Soviet opposition on Communist Party of Finland that was expelled from the party in 1986 and formed DeVa. He was chairman of Communist Party of Finland (Unity) in 1989–1990. Tennilä left the chairmanship in 1990 as he joined Left Alliance.
  Tennilä was internal critic of Left Alliance politics and was dismissed in 1995 from Left Alliance's parliamentary group as he opposed joining the Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet. He returned to list of Left Alliance in 1999 elections.
  Tennilä has profiled himself as representative of Northern Finland and was in 2003 the most popular of the elected representatives in Lapland constituency. He has written poetry and children's books.
caption: Esko Juhani Tennilä in 2009
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