Pekka Aikio

Male, Person

1944 –

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Who is Pekka Aikio?

Veli Pekka Olavi Aikio served as the president of the Sami Parliament of Finland for three terms from 1996 to 2008. Aikio's most important cause as a politician was land rights. Pekka Aikio is also a member of the Forest Steward Council working group and works in close co-operation with the Greenpeace organizations of various countries,

Aikio is the son of a Sámi reindeer herder. Having studied biology at the University of Oulu, he graduated with an M.A. in 1986.

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Born
Sep 21, 1944
Ethnicity
  • Sami people

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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