Johan Eino Kilpi (7 June 1889,

Uusikaupunki Uusikaupunki (; sv, Nystad, ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, northwest of Turku and south of Pori. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is inland wate ...

– 7 June 1963; original surname ''Blomros'') was a

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journalist and politician. He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 17 April 1945 to 26 March 1946, Minister of Education from 26 March 1946 to 26 May 1946 and

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from 26 May to 29 July 1948. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...

, 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) from 1930 to 1933 and the

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 Pa ...

(SKDL) from 1948 to 1962. He was the candidate of the SKDL in the presidential elections of 1956, getting 18.7% of the vote. He was married to Sylvi-Kyllikki Kilpi.

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1889 births 1963 deaths People from Uusikaupunki People from Turku and Pori Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Finnish People's Democratic League politicians Ministers of Education of Finland Ministers of the Interior of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–33) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1948–51) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–54) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1954–58) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1958–62) {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub