lahja tuulikki ukkola ("née" parviainen; 28 november 1943 – 28 may 2019) was a finnish politician and journalist. she started working for the newspaper "kaleva" in 1962. she served as an mp for the oulu constituency for the liberal people's party from 1991 to 1995. she was also the leader of the party between 1993 and 1995. in 2007, ukkola was again elected as an mp for oulu, this time for the national coalition party, serving until 2011.