Antti Kukkonen (3 October 1889,

Kontiolahti Kontiolahti ( sv, Kontiolax; literally meaning "bear bay") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region, about north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The pop ...

- 14 February 1978) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...

pastor A pastor (abbreviated as "Pr" or "Ptr" , or "Ps" ) is the leader of a Christian congregation who also gives advice and counsel to people from the community or congregation. In Lutheranism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy and ...

and

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He was a member of the Agrarian League. He served as Deputy Minister of Education in

Lauri Ingman's second cabinet Lauri Ingman's second cabinet was the 11th Government of independent Finland, serving between 31 May 1924 – 31 March 1925. It was formed following the 1924 parliamentary elections between four parties—National Coalition Party, Agrarian ...

(31 May 1924 - 22 November 1924), as Minister of Education in

Juho Sunila's first cabinet Juho Sunila's first cabinet was the 15th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from December 17, 1927 to December 22, 1928. It was a minority government A minority government, minority cabinet, minority administration, or ...

(17 December 1927 - 22 December 1928), in

Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet was the 17th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from 16 August 1929 to 4 July 1930. It was Majority government A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that h ...

(16 August 1929 - 4 July 1930), in Juho Sunila's second cabinet (21 March 1931 - 14 December 1932), in Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet (7 October 1936 - 12 March 1937), in Risto Ryti's second cabinet (27 March 1940 - 4 December 1941) and in

Jukka Rangell's cabinet Jukka Rangell's cabinet was the 25th government of Finland, which reigned during the Second World War for 791 days, from January 4, 1941 to March 5, 1943. It was a majority government which comprised six parties and one independent minister. The c ...

(4 January 1941 - 5 March 1943) as well as a Member of Parliament (1 April 1919 - 5 April 1945 and 29 March 1954 - 19 February 1962). He was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment in the

War-responsibility trials in Finland The war-responsibility trials in Finland ( fi, Sotasyyllisyysoikeudenkäynti, sv, Krigsansvarighetsprocessen) were trials of the Finnish wartime leaders held responsible for "definitely influencing Finland in getting into a war with the Soviet U ...

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