Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of

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. The cabinet existed from 17 March 1950 to 17 January 1951. It was a minority government. The cabinet's

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was

Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as Prime Minister ...

. During the cabinet's run, Kekkonen took a more significant role in the management of Soviet relations than president

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. For example, as Prime Minister, Kekkonen signed the Soviet-sponsored

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act banning

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. In June 1950, Kekkonen travelled to

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to agree on the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade. The cabinet's foreign policy lead to an improvement in Finnish-

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relationships. One of the cabinet's problems was the large

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caused by the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

Ministers

; Key * Resigned

References

{{Cabinets of Finland Kekkonen, 1 1950 establishments in Finland 1951 disestablishments in Finland Cabinets established in 1950 Cabinets disestablished in 1951 Cabinet 1