Jouko Kajanoja (born 1942) is a Finnish economist and politician who served as

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between 1981 and 1982. He was a member of the

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which he headed from 1982 to 1984.

Biography

Kajanoja was born in 1942. He joined the Communist Party being part of the fraction which was the third group after the moderates and doctrinaire faction. In March 1981 he was appointed minister of labour to the

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led by

Mauno Koivisto Mauno Henrik Koivisto (; 25 November 1923 – 12 May 2017) was a Finnish politician who served as the ninth president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 19 ...

. He also served in the same post in the next

led by

Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa (21 December 1930 – 16 January 2004) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland three times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979 and 1982–1987. At the time of his death he still held the record for most day ...

. On 15 May 1982 he became the chairman of the Communist Party. He was elected to the post as a result of the conflicts between the leaders of two major fractions of the party. Kajanoja was supported by the

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during his tenure which ended in June 1984 when Arvo Aalto won the election. In the election Aalto won 183 votes against 163 votes in favor of Kajanoja. Later he became secretary general of the Democratic Choice. On 13 August 1987 Kajanoja was nominated by the Democratic Alternative as the candidate for the

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. He could obtain only 1.4% of the votes in the elections held in February 1988. Kajanoja was married to Pirjo Turpeinen-Saari in the period between 1985 and 1996.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kajanoja, Jouka 20th-century Finnish economists 21st-century Finnish economists 1942 births Living people Communist Party of Finland politicians Ministers of Labour of Finland Candidates for President of Finland Leaders of political parties in Finland