Viljami Kalliokoski (15 May 1894 in Halsua – 20 January 1978) was a Finnish

farmer A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mig ...

and

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. He was a member of the Agrarian League. He served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture in Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet (7 October 1936 – 12 March 1937) and as Minister of Agriculture in Risto Ryti's second cabinet (15 August 1940 – 4 January 1941), in

Jukka Rangell's cabinet Jukka Rangell's cabinet was the 25th government of Finland, which reigned during the Second World War for 791 days, from January 4, 1941 to March 5, 1943. It was a majority government which comprised six parties and one independent minister. The c ...

(4 January 1941 – 5 March 1943), in Edwin Linkomies' cabinet (5 March 1943 – 8 August 1944), in Antti Hackzell's cabinet (8 August 1944 – 21 September 1944), in Urho Castrén's cabinet (21 September 1944 – 17 November 1944), in Ralf Törngren's cabinet (5 May 1954 – 20 October 1954) and in

Urho Kekkonen's fifth cabinet Kekkonen's fifth cabinet was the 39th government of Finland. The cabinet existed from 20 October 1954 to 3 March 1956. It was a majority government. Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen was elected the President of Finland The president of the Republ ...

(20 October 1954 – 3 March 1956) as well as a Member of Parliament (5 September 1922 – 5 April 1945 and 22 July 1948 – 19 February 1962). In 1940–1945 he was the president of the Agrarian League.

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