Pirjo Ala-Kapee

Pirjo Anneli Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen She completed the matriculation exam in 1966 and attended the University of Tampere, receiving the Master of Arts degree in 1972. After graduating, Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen taught history and social studies at the , where she was a deputy principal from 1973 to 1975. She was a member of the Ylöjärvi town council in 1973. In 1986, after minister of education Kaarina Suonio resigned to become the deputy mayor of Tampere, Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was appointed by prime minister Kalevi Sorsa to fill the vacancy. Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen was the Second Deputy Chair of the SDP between 1987 and 1990.

Ala-Kapee-Hakulinen's first husband died of cancer in 1996. They had been married for 32 years. In 2001, she married Kajaani mayor Pentti Hakulinen at Mikkeli Cathedral. In 2012, she returned to the Vantaa city council.