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AYY’s candidate, Nette Rimpioja, has been appointed as OLL’s Vice Chair for 2025. Rimpioja is an experienced advocate in youth organisations, including the Union of Local Youth Councils in Finland and the Youth League of the Finnish Norden Association. She is currently studying business at Aalto University and also serves as Chair of the Advocacy Committee under AYY’s Representative Council.
‘I am grateful to the student movement for its trust in me! I promise to work relentlessly for student wellbeing and to promote a sports-positive culture in our society’, commented the newly elected Rimpioja.
OLL is an advocacy and service organisation that represents all Finnish higher education students in both national and international fields. The primary goal of OLL is for students to engage in sufficient physical exercise for their health and for higher education sports services to be at an adequate level. The general assembly elects the OLL Board and decides on the federation’s activities for the upcoming year.
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