Seppo Sanaksenaho, Finnish politician, Mayor of Vaasa (1997–2001), died he was 73.

Seppo Sanaksenaho  was a Finnish politician who served as the Mayor of Vaasa from 1997 to 2001.^[1]

 

^{(May 5, 1938 – November 1, 2011)}

Sanaksenaho was born in Oulu, Finland, in 1938.^[1] He earned an engineering degree from the Helsinki University of Technology, which now forms part of Aalto University.^[1] Sanaksenaho received a master's degree in engineering from Pennsylvania State University in the United States.^[1]
Sanaksenaho worked as an engineer for the cities of Porvoo and Helsinki during his early career.^[1] He served as the deputy mayor of Vaasa from 1979 to 1996, before becoming the city's Mayor in 1997.^[1]
Seppo Sanaksenaho died on November 1, 2011, at the age 73.^[1]

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