Johan (Juho) Peura (24 May 1879,
Laukaa – 26 May 1918,
Tampere) was a
Finnish carpenter and politician. He was a member of the
Parliament of Finland from 1913 to 1916, 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). During the
Finnish Civil War he sided with the
Reds and served as the president of the Revolutionary Tribunal of
Tampere, for which he was imprisoned after the
Battle of Tampere on 6 April 1918. He died in the
Tampere camp
Tampere camp (also Kalevankangas camp) was a concentration camp operating from 6 April 1918 to 15 September 1918 in the Kaleva district of Tampere, Finland. It was set up for the Reds captured by the White Army after the Finnish Civil War Battle of ...
.
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1879 births
1918 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1913–16)
People from Laukaa
People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
People killed during the Finnish Civil War
People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side)
Prisoners who died in Finnish detention
Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians