Väinö E. Jokinen (March 31, 1879 in

Suoniemi Suoniemi may refer to: * Suoniemi, Finland, village and former municipality * Kalevi Suoniemi Kalevi Ensio Suoniemi (14 July 1931 – 17 June 2010) was a Finnish gymnast. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events ...

– August 31, 1920 in

Petrograd Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Finnish journalist and MP. Jokinen was a member of the

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from 1908 to 1918, representing the

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(SDP). During the 1918

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, Jokinen was the secretary of the Central Workers' Council. Jokinen's father was steward Efraim Jokinen, and his mother was Fanny Wilhelmiina Tamlander. He graduated from high school in 1899. He translated to Finnish while studying. He worked in

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

in Kanerva magazine's reporter 1904–1905 and in Kansan Lehti in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

1906–1908,

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magazine's reporter in

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1906–1908, Hämeen Voima magazine's reporter in Hämeenlinna 1908–1912 and Sosialisti magazine's main editor in

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

1912–1917. Jokinen was Social Democratic MP from Häme southern electoral district 1909-1914 and 1917. Jokinen was the deputy speaker of Finnish Parliament in 1917, and

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of the Grand Committee. In 1917 Jokinen worked as secretary of the Finnish Labour Union and during the

he was Worker's Head Council's and People's Delegation's secretary. After the war Jokinen moved to

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and worked in the Council of Perm in 1918 and ''Kumous'' magazine's and Finnish Communist publications department's reporter, translating articles into Finnish. Jokinen was a member of the Finnish Communist Party's central committee and

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's Finnish department's main offices chairman. Jokinen was one of the eight fatalities of the

Kuusinen Club Incident 300px, The Kuusinen Club was located in Kamenno-ostrovski prospekt 26–28, in Saint Petersburg The Kuusinen Club Incident ( fi, Kuusisen klubin murhat) was the murder of eight members of the Finnish Communist Party in the Kuusinen Club (their Sai ...

on August 31, 1920. He was buried at the

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on the

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in Saint Petersburg. His wife

Alma Jokinen Alma Eufrosyne Jokinen (née ''Malander''; 28 April 1882 - 1939) was a Finland, Finnish politician, born in Tampere. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1908 to 1918, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). In 1918 ...

was also a Social Democratic MP.

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