Kauno Antero Kleemola (5 July 1906, in

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– 12 March 1965, in

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) was a

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politician from the Agrarian League. Kleemola was a farmer from Central Ostrobothnia and as politician an advocate of Central Ostrobothnia in Helsinki. He was speaker of the parliament 1962-1965 and minister in several cabinets of

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, and hold the title of

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in 1961. Kekkonen designated him as the prime minister in December 1958; Kleemola, however, failed to form cabinet.

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