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Katri Kaarlonen

Katri Kaarlonen ( Kallio; 28 March 1915 – 1 October 2008) was a Finnish politician, who served as a Member of Parliament for the Turku Province (south) constituency (now Varsinais-Suomi), representing the Centre Party.

She was a member of the electoral college in the 1962 and 1968 presidential elections, helping to re-elect her party's candidate, Urho Kekkonen.

Outside politics, Kaarlonen worked as a teacher of gardening, as well as running the family farm in Perniö. In 1985, she was granted the honorary title of Opetusneuvos ( 'Teaching counselor').

Her father was the 4th President of Finland, Kyösti Kallio. Her older sister Kerttu Saalasti was also a long-serving Member of Parliament, and one-time Minister of Education.

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