What is Reino Paasilinna?
[[File:Reino Paasilinna.jpg|thumb|Reino Paasilinna in 2009]] '''Reino Paasilinna''' (5 December 1939 &ndash; 21 July 2022) was a Finnish politician who was a [[Member of the European Parliament]] (MEP). He was a member of the [[Social Democratic Party of Finland]]. He was a member of the [[Party of European Socialists|Party of European Socialdemocrats]]. He was on the [[European Parliament]]'s [[European Parliament Committee on Industry, Research and Energy|Committee on Industry, Research and Energy]]. He was an MEP from 1996 to 2009.<ref>[http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/whos_mep.data?ilg=EN&iucd=2301 European Parliament biography]{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Reino Paasilinna was born on ''Aunus'', a ship on the [[Arctic Ocean]], on the coast of [[Norway]]. His brother was novelist [[Arto Paasilinna]]. Paasilinna died on 21 July 2022 in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] from problems caused by [[Parkinson's disease]], aged 81.<ref>[https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/67d98330-3dfd-4b71-bb1c-e580acf6486b Reino Paasilinna on kuollut: meppikollega muistelee pelkäämätöntä poliitikkoa] {{in lang|fi}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paasilinna, Reino}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from Parkinson's disease]] [[Category:MEPs for Finland]] {{bio-stub}}