Eero Aarne Wuori (surname until 1942 ''Vuori''; 11 August 1900 – 12 September 1966) was a Finnish journalist and politician. He was a minister of the

Finnish Social Democratic Party 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 ...

. He had four ministerial portions in the Third Cabinet of Paasikivi he served as Minister at the Prime Minister's Office from 7 August 1945 to 19 September 1945, Minister of Transport and Public Works, 17 April 1945 to 19 September 1945, and Minister at the Ministry of Public Order and Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs, 27 April 1945 to 19 September 1945. Wuore was born in

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. His parents were the carpenter Oskar Wuori and Josefina Kuntonen. His spouse since 1929 was Kerttu Juliana (''née'' And (1903–1987), and they had one daughter. Eero Wuori had to go to Helsingin normaalilyseo with normal classes of seven classes until he was forced to suspend his schooling in 1918. Prior to becoming a minister, Wuori was Chairman of

Finnish Federation of Trade Unions The Finnish Federation of Trade Unions ( fi, Suomen Ammattiyhdistysten Keskusliitto, SAK) was a national trade union centre in Finland. The federation was established in 1930, after the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ) was banned. Its initial ...

, from 1938 to 1945. As chairman of the federation, Wuori played a key role in the so-called

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. After the ministry he left for diplomatic work and served as Representative in London 1945–1947 and Envoy 1947–1952 and as Ambassador in Moscow in 1955–1963 and in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

1964–1965 and as Head of the Political Department of the

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. After returning from Stockholm, Wuori was still serving as the Permanent Secretary of the President's Office before his accidental death. Wuori participated as a school boy on the red side of the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War; . Other designations: Brethren War, Citizen War, Class War, Freedom War, Red Rebellion and Revolution, . According to 1,005 interviews done by the newspaper ''Aamulehti'', the most popular names were as follows: Civil W ...

in maintenance work and ended up in St. Petersburg, where he founded the

Communist Party of Finland The Communist Party of Finland ( fi, Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue, SKP; sv, Finlands Kommunistiska Parti) was a communist political party in Finland. The SKP was a section of Comintern and illegal in Finland until 1944. The SKP was banned by ...

. Wuori worked for party duties in Finland and Sweden. He was caught and received a total of ten years' imprisonment for the war and his Communist actions, which he carried out in the prisons of Ekenäs and

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

. He was pardoned in 1925, when he had already departed from the communists. After release from imprisonment, Wuori worked as a reporter for ''Kansan Työ'' in 1926–1930 and as editor-in-chief in 1930–1938. Wuori was one of the most prominent critics of Väinö Tanner in Social Democratic Party in 1944–1945 And at the end of the Continuation War, he mobilized the trade union movement to support peace negotiations with

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. According to Professor Osmo Apunen and Professor Corinna Wolff's book, ''Pettureita ja patriootteja'', published in 2009, Wuori acted in the crucial stages of the Continuation War in February–October 1944 as the "political agent" of the Soviet Union. He provided insider information about discussions with the

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and the war headquarters for the Soviet Intelligence Service for

NKGB The People's Commissariat for State Security (russian: Народный комиссариат государственной безопасности) or NKGB, was the name of the Soviet Union, Soviet secret police, intelligence (information ...

He died in

, aged 66.

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