Esko Olavi Seppänen (born 15 February 1946) is a Finnish former politician representing the Left Alliance.

Seppänen was born in Oulu, and began politics by joining the Social Democratic Youth.

[1] He belonged to the more Eurocommunist majority of the party (as opposed to the Taistoist Neo-Stalinist minority).

In 1989 Seppänen opposed merging the Communist Party into the new Left Alliance (Vasemmistoliitto), criticizing the procedure as undemocratic.

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