Paavo Johannes (Juho) HynninenFacta2001, WSOY 1981, 6. osa, palsta 274 (31 May 1883

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– 18 May 1960

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) was a Finnish Minister and Ambassador. He was a Master of Philosophy.WSOY Iso Tietosanakirja 3. osa, s. 319, WSOY 1995 Hynninen was born into a farmer family. He graduated from Kuopio, but left, and remained after university studies in Helsinki. He was initially a professor of economics and commerce at the School of Commerce at the Helsinki School of Commerce in 1909–1915, and at the same time as a professor of agricultural sciences in Helsinki from 1910 to 1911. He was the chairman of the

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in 1913 and Curator of the Savoy Society 1913–1916. Teacher's career remained when Hynninen became Editor-in-Chief of

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newspaper for the years 1915–1917. During the

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, Hynninen also acted in an

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when he was a member of the Active Committee to represent the Old Finns.

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later replaced him from Active Committee's membership.J.O. Hannula: Suomen Vapaussodan historia, s. 23, WSOY 1933 He was then appointed Managing Director of Luotto-Pankki Oy for the years 1917–1922. In addition, he was President of the

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Kirjapaino Oy in 1916–1918. In 1922, Hynninen moved to the

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established after the independence of Finland and initially served for four years as Head of the Consulate General of St Petersburg. Thereafter, he served as Consul General in

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for two years and after 1928 as Envoy to

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. After that, he served as Envoy in

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between 1933 and 1940. In October 1942, Hynninen became Consul General in

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, and from then on he was appointed Permanent Secretary (1943–1946), when Aaro Pakaslahti became an Envoy to

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. After the war, Hynninen's career continued under new political conditions. He served as Ambassador to

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since 1946 until his retirement, until 1953. Even at his retirement days, Hynninen served as

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at the Von Fieandt and Kuuskoski governments in 1957–1958.

References

1883 births 1960 deaths People from Joroinen People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Finland Ambassadors of Finland to Denmark University of Helsinki alumni {{Finland-politician-stub