Rosa Anneli Meriläinen (born 31 December 1975) is a Finnish politician[1] from Tampere.

Meriläinen has a master's degree in political science from the University of Tampere.

[2] In an interview by the Image-magazine Meriläinen confessed to have used cannabis as a representative during her career, and she confirmed the matter to MTV3 news.

She is engaged to comedian Simo Frangén, with whom she has a son, Frans, born 2006.

The Finnish version of the pornographic magazine Hustler once printed a comic strip featuring a parody character of Meriläinen.