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Paasio I Cabinet
Paasio's first cabinet was the 50th government of Finland, which lasted from 27 May 1966 to 22 March 1968. It was a majority government based on the popular front model. The cabinet’s Prime Minister was Rafael Paasio. Paasio's first cabinet made many political reforms, such as the primary school law, the party subsidies law, family and pension law, and the liberation of the sale of certain alcoholic beverages. In October 1967, following a bad economic period which led to a low balance of international payments, the cabinet devaluated the markka The markka ( fi, markka; sv, mark; sign: Mk; ISO code: FIM, typically known outside Finland as the Finnish mark) was the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002, when it ceased to be legal tender. The mark was divided into 100 pe ... by about 30 percent. Rafael Paasio resigned as Prime Minister on 22 March 1968 following the failure of the Social Democratic Party in establishing good formal relations with the Soviet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antero Väyrynen
Onni Antero Väyrynen (26 September 1916 – 2 August 1970) was a Finnish civil servant and politician, born in Kemijärvi. He served as Minister of the Interior from 1 December 1967 to 14 May 1970. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1962 until his death in 1970, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ... (SDP). References 1916 births 1970 deaths People from Kemijärvi People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Ministers of the Interior of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1962–66) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1966–70) {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esa Timonen
Esa Eljas Timonen (28 May 1925, Nurmes – 19 April 2015) was a Finnish politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Communications from 12 September 1964 to 27 May 1966, as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs from 27 May 1966 to 31 August 1967, as Minister of Employment from 14 May to 15 July 1970 and again from 29 October 1971 to 23 February 1972 and as Minister of Transport from 13 June to 30 November 1975. Timonen was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1958 to 1966, representing the Agrarian League, which renamed itself the Centre Party in 1965. He served as the Governor of Northern Karelia Province The Province of North Karelia ( fi, Pohjois-Karjalan lääni, sv, Norra Karelens län) was a province of Finland from 1960 to 1997. It was established in 1960 when it was separated from the Province of Kuopio. In 1997 it was reunited with Kuop ... from 1967 to 1992. References 1925 births 2015 deaths People from Nurmes Centre Party (Finland) politicians G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Koivunen
Paavo Matias (Matti) Koivunen (12 January 1919 – 28 July 1997) was a Finnish construction worker and politician, born in Ruovesi. Koivunen was a member of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP). He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1951 to 1972, representing the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL). He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 27 May 1966 to 22 March 1968. He was a presidential elector in the 1956, 1962 and 1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ... presidential elections. References 1919 births 1997 deaths People from Ruovesi Communist Party of Finland politicians Finnish People's Democratic League politicians Ministers of Social Affairs of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–1954) Members of the Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olavi Salonen
Olavi Salonen (born 20 December 1933 in Noormarkku) is a Finnish athlete. He is a former world record holder of men's 1500-metre run. Biography Salonen participated the Summer Olympic Games in 1500 m. in 1960 and 1964. At the European Athletics Championships he competed twice on 800 metres, 1958 and 1962 On 11 July 1957 Salonen ran a 1500-metre race in Turku. He finished second with the same world record time 3:40.2 as the winner Olavi Salsola. The new world record stood only for one day. Czech runner Stanislav Jungwirth Stanislav Jungwirth (15 August 1930 - 11 April 1986) was a Czechoslovak middle-distance runner. Jungwirth came third in the 1500 metres at the 1954 European Championships and set a world record for the same distance in 1957. Career Jungwirth st ... ran 3:38.1 on the next day at Stará Boleslav. See also * 1500 metres world record progression References External linksOlavi Salonen statistics at Tilastopaja (in Finnish) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Kekkonen
Matti Kaleva Kekkonen (4 September 1928 – 3 July 2013Presidentti Kekkosen poika Matti on kuollut ) was a Finnish politician and jurist, son of president and author . Matti Kekkonen worked as a jurist in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, he received the title of . From 1958 to 1970 he was a member of the |
Niilo Ryhtä
Niilo Mikael Ryhtä (26 September 1906 – 10 August 1995) was a Finnish politician, born in Tammela. He served as Minister of the Interior from 8 February to 18 December 1963 and from 12 September 1964 to 27 May 1966 and as Deputy Minister of Communications from 27 May 1966 to 31 August 1967. Ryhtä was a Member of the Parliament of Finland from 1948 to 1967, representing the Agrarian League, which renamed itself the Centre Party in 1965. He served as Governor of Oulu Province The Province of Oulu ( fi, Oulun lääni, sv, Uleåborgs län) was a province of Finland from 1775 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Lapland, Western Finland and Eastern Finland and also the Gulf of Bothnia and Russia. History ''For Histo ... from 1967 to 1973. References 1906 births 1995 deaths People from Tammela, Finland People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Centre Party (Finland) politicians Government ministers of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Suonpää
Leo or Léo may refer to: Acronyms * Law enforcement officer * Law enforcement organisation * '' Louisville Eccentric Observer'', a free weekly newspaper in Louisville, Kentucky * Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity Arts and entertainment Music * Leo (band), a Missouri-based rock band that was founded in Cleveland, Ohio * L.E.O. (band), a band by musician Bleu and collaborators Film * ''Leo'' (2000 film), a Spanish film by José Luis Borau * ''Leo'' (2002 film), a British-American drama film * ''Leo'', a 2007 Swedish film by Josef Fares * ''Leo'' (2012 film), a Kenyan film * Leo the Lion (MGM), mascot of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie studio Television * Leo Awards, a British Columbian television award * "Leo", an episode of ''Being Erica'' * Léo, fictional lion in the animation ''Animal Crackers'' * ''Léo'', 2018 Quebec television series created by Fabien Cloutier Companies * Leo Namibia, former name for the TN Mobile phone network in Namibia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Lindeman
Lars Sebastian ”Basse” Lindeman (23 March 1920, in Viipuri– 14 September 2006, in Lahti) was a Finnish politician and ambassador. Lindeman completed his degree in agricultural engineering in 1944. He worked in the municipality of Ingå since 1945 and as a representative of the Finlands Svenska Arbetarförbund since 1947. He was a Social Democratic MP from the Uusimaa constituency between 1958 and 1976, after which he became Ambassador to Oslo and Reykjavik between 1976 and 1984 and to Lisbon in 1984-1985. He was the second Minister of Agriculture in Paasio I Cabinet Paasio's first cabinet was the 50th government of Finland, which lasted from 27 May 1966 to 22 March 1968. It was a majority government based on the popular front model. The cabinet’s Prime Minister was Rafael Paasio. Paasio's first cabinet made ... from 1966 to 1968. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindeman, Lars 1920 births 2006 deaths Diplomats from Vyborg Swedish-speaking Finns Social Democratic Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nestori Kaasalainen
Nestor Johannes "Nestori" Kaasalainen (14 February 1915 – 1 March 2016) was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's Minister of Agriculture, whose active career spanned the 1950s and 1960s. He was elected from his home town of Tyrvää (later Vammala, the six rural union (later Keskustan) parliamentary district, he represented the northern election of Turku county. After his career as a member of parliament, he moved from 1972 to 1980 as an administrative director and member of the board of directors at Alko. Kaasalainen died in Sipoo Sipoo (; sv, Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The administrative center of the munic ... on 1 March 2016 at the age of 101. References 1915 births 2016 deaths People from Priozersky District People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Centre Party (Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League ( fi, Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto, SKDL; sv, Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk, DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. It was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed due to the demands of the Soviet Union, and lasted until 1990, when it merged into the newly formed Left Alliance. At its time, SKDL was one of the largest leftist parties in capitalist Europe, with its main member party, the Communist Party of Finland, being one of the largest communist parties west of the Iron Curtain. The SKDL enjoyed its greatest electoral success in the 1958 parliamentary election, when it gained a support of approximately 23 per cent and a representation of 50 MPs of 200 total, making it the largest party in the Eduskunta. SKDL joined several Finnish governments. The first SKDL minister was Yrjö Leino who took office in November 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ele Alenius
Ele Allan Alenius (5 June 1925 – 19 November 2022) was a Finnish socialist politician. He was a Member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) 1966–1977 and the Deputy Minister of Finance 1966–1970. Alenius was also the chairman of the SKDL 1967–1979. Alenius was born to the family of the stonemason and Red Guardist August Elenius. In the World War II, Alenius fought in the Finnish Army. After the war, he studied economics at the University of Helsinki and made his master's thesis in 1958. As the leader of the communist SKDL, Alenius distanced the party from the real socialism and introduced his own ideas in the 1969 and 1974 books ''Sosialistiseen Suomeen'' ("To the Socialist Finland") ja ''Suomalainen ratkaisu'' ("The Finnish Solution") which were strongly criticized by the Soviet Union. In 1968, Alenius condemned the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He left the politics in 1977 and worked as a board member of the Bank of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
