Fagerholm's first cabinet was the 32nd government of

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, which lasted from 29 August 1948 to 17 March 1950. It was a minority government headed by

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Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm (31 December 1901, in Siuntio – 22 May 1984, in Helsinki) was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland (1948–50, 1956–57, and 1958–59). Fagerholm became one of the leading politici ...

. Fagerholm’s first cabinet was the first government of which the

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wasn't a part. During the cabinet’s reign, foreign relations to the West, particularly to the

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, improved. During the cabinet’s existence, Finland's

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was defunct and its successor, the Finnish Security Intelligence Service Supo, was founded.

Ministers

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