Olavi Mäenpää

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Olavi Mäenpää (born 1951) is a Finnish politician and chairman of Suomen Kansan Sinivalkoiset, a far-right political party. He has been a member of the city council of Turku, his home city, since 1992. He works as a private detective and an animal welfare supervisor.

In the municipal election of 2004, Mäenpää received a total of 2,208 votes, more than any other candidate in Turku. It has been suggested that a large proportion of these votes were given as a protest against the inflated bureaucracy in the city and the domination of municipal government by the National Coalition Party and the Social Democrats. Mäenpää has also appeared as a candidate in elections to the Finnish Eduskunta and the European Parliament, but has not been successful.

Mäenpää is a very controversial politician and personality - he has attracted a lot of attention with aggressive statements against refugees, immigrants, and fellow politicians and civil servants. He has received two criminal convictions for agitation against an ethnic group, a crime according to Finnish law. In the city council, he is known for excessively long speeches and his numerous formal complaints against decisions taken by the council.

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