Yrjö Kalervo Leiwo (12 February 1884,

Kuhmalahti Kuhmalahti ( sv, Kuhmalahti, also ) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the municipality of Kangasala on January 1, 2011. It was located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,047 (31 October 201 ...

- 12 January 1964) was a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

journalist, bank director and politician. At first active in the

Finnish Party The Finnish Party ( fi, Suomalainen Puolue) was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the positio ...

, he was later elected to the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. The ...

from 1930 to 1936 as a representative of the

National Coalition Party sv, Samlingspartiet , leader1_title = Chairman , leader1_name = Petteri Orpo , leader2_title = Deputy chairs , leader2_name = Antti HäkkänenElina ValtonenAnna-Kaisa Ikonen , merger = Finnish Party, Young Finn ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leiwo, Yrjo 1884 births 1964 deaths People from Kangasala People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish Party politicians National Coalition Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–33) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1933–36) 20th-century Finnish journalists