Keijo Liinamaa with two of his children 1964

Keijo Antero Liinamaa (6 April 1929 in

Mänttä Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009. The place name ''Mänttä'' comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–1618 ...

– 28 June 1980 in

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) was a Finnish lawyer and politician who served as

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from June to November 1975. Liinamaa, a lawyer specialising in labour law, began his career working for the Finnish Central Union of Trade Unions ( SAK). In 1958, at only age 29, he became the town manager of

, an industrial

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. Upon the creation of a nationwide labour dispute conciliation mechanism in the early 1960s, Liinamaa was appointed a regional labour dispute conciliator. In 1965 he became the National Labour Dispute Conciliator and held the post in 1965–1970 and 1979–1980. In 1965–1967 due to turbulent economic winds, Liinamaa was faced with conciling dozens of labour disputes. In his capacity as the National Conciliator of Finland, he was able to prevent several major strikes. In 1967 Liinamaa was given a special task by

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Rafael Paasio: Liinamaa was to negotiate a comprehensive economical deal with employers' organisations and labour unions in order to prevent inflation due to rising wages. These negotiations resulted in the first

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and brought fame to Liinamaa. Radical changes in support of political parties in the parliamentary elections of 1970 led to severe political conflicts: No political coalition could be established to form a cabinet.

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appointed a caretaker cabinet headed by Teuvo Aura. Under Prime Minister Aura, Liinamaa served as the

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for 63 days in May–July 1970, until a new coalition government was formed by

Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen (10 February 1923 – 7 September 1990) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League (later known as Keskusta, Centre Party) and served two terms as Prime Minister of Finland. He is, however, be ...

. Karjalainen's coalition fell in the autumn of 1971, and early parliamentary elections were called. A second caretaker cabinet led by Teuvo Aura was appointed, where Liinamaa served as

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from October 1971 to February 1972. Following the election of 1975, the political parties couldn't agree on terms for a coalition government. President Kekkonen appointed Keijo Liinamaa Prime Minister of a caretaker government that lasted from June to November 1975. Kekkonen's intervention made possible the formation of a new coalition government under

Martti Miettunen Martti Juhani Miettunen (17 April 1907 – 19 January 2002), was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's prime minister, from 1961 to 1962 and again from 1975 to 1977. Miettunen was born in Simo, the son of a smallholder. He studi ...

in the autumn of 1975.

Cabinets

Liinamaa Cabinet Keijo Liinamaa's cabinet was the 57th government of Finland. The cabinet existed for 171 days, lasting from 13 June 1975 to 30 November 1975. The Liinamaa cabinet was a caretaker government (Finnish: ''virkamieshallitus'') drawn by President Urh ...

References

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