Sampsa Kataja

Sampsa Kalle Henrikki Kataja (born 3 April 1972 in Kerava, Finland) is a Finnish politician, Member of Parliament and lawyer.

Kataja has served in the Pori City Council from 1997 to 2017 and from 2021 to 2025, and as a member of the National Assembly for the Coalition Party of Finland from 2007 to 2015.

[1] In 2015 Kataja left politics to become a partner in the international law firm Eversheds.

[7] The Coalition Party leadership condemned the behaviour as inappropriate, and Kataja apologised to Deputy Speaker Pekka Ravi.

[9] Kataja also did not consider the salaries of MPs competitive enough to attract people such as lawyers and other experts into politics.