Lauri Risto Kalevi Kähkönen (19 February 1947 – 13 May 2016) was a Finnish politician for the Social Democratic Party.
He represented North Karelia in the national parliament from 1999 until 2011.
He was a city councillor for Lieksa, where he lived all of his life, from 1989 until his death.
He was born to Onni and Helvi Saastamoinen Kähkönen, both sawmill workers.
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