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Maija Riitta Perho is a Finnish politician. She represented Varsinais-Suomi in the Parliament of Finland from 1991 to 2007 as a member of the National Coalition Party. From 1999 to 2003, she was Finland's minister of social affairs and health in the cabinet of Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen.

Early life and education
Perho was born on 29 May 1948 in Ypäjä, Finland. She is the daughter of , a farmer who was a member of the Finnish Parliament as a member of the National Coalition Party (NCP) from 1975 to 1991. She completed the national matriculation exam in 1967. Perho was active in politics as a student, and recruited future president Sauli Niinistö into the student branch of the NCP in 1968. ==Career==
Career
After graduating, Perho became a planning secretary at the Turku health centre, and from 1979 to 1985 she worked at the city's planning department. As minister, she worked on proposals to reform the national pension system and Kela, the social security agency. Perho lost a re-election bid in 2007. ==Personal life==
Personal life
Perho married Markku Lehtinen, a Turku city official, in 1997. She has two daughters from a previous marriage. Perho and Lehtinen divorced in 2017. ==See also==
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