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Senate Of Finland
The Senate of Finland (; ) combined the functions of Cabinet (government), cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in independent Finland from 1917 to 1918. The body that would become the Senate was established on August 18, 1809, when Tsar Alexander I of Russia summoned the Diet of Porvoo and directed the Diet_(assembly), Diet to draw up regulations for a Government Council.Jutikkala, Eino and Pirinen, Kauko. ''A History of Finland''. Dorset Press, 1988 p. 162. In 1816, Alexander renamed this body the ''Senate'' to demonstrate that it was equal to rather than inferior to Governing_Senate, its Russian equivalent.Jutikkala, Eino and Pirinen, Kauko. ''A History of Finland''. Dorset Press, 1988 p. 163. The Senate was headed by the Governor-General of Finland. The members of the Senate had to be Finnish citizens. The Senate was divided into the economic division and the judicial division. In 1822 both divisions were given a Finnish vice-chair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Supreme Administrative Court Of Finland
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (, ) is the highest court in the Finnish administrative court system, parallel to the Supreme Court of Finland. Its jurisdiction covers the legality of the decisions of government officials, and its decisions are final. Appeals are made to the Supreme Administrative Court from the decisions of the administrative courts of Helsinki, Turku, Hämeenlinna, Kouvola, Kuopio, Vaasa, Oulu, Rovaniemi and Åland, the Market Court, and the Council of State. In most issues, it is possible to appeal to the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland from the judgment of the administrative court. However, in some case areas of administrative law, an appeal requires a leave of appeal from the Supreme Administrative Court. The most important such area are insurance cases. In some restricted areas of law, for example, in parking fines, the decision of the administrative court is final and cannot be appealed to the Supreme Administrative Court. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Borovitinov
Mikhail Borovitinov (, 2 August 1874 in Saint Petersburg, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ... – died unknown) was a Russian lawyer and leader of the Russian Imperial Finnish Senate (Prime Minister of Finland) in the years 1913–1917, heading its Home Office. Borovitinov received his law degree at the University of St. Petersburg in 1896. After that, he pursued post-graduate studies, serving in the Russian Ministry of Justice. Borovitinov was member of the International Prison Congress held in Washington in 1910. Mihail Borovitinov began his service in Finland 28 April 1911, when he moved to Finland as a Head of the Chancellery of the Governor-General of Finland Franz Albert Seyn. Seyn had such a high regard for Borovitinov that on 16 May 1913 he was made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Ivanovich Markov
Vladimir Ivanovitch Markoff ''(Markov)'' (26 July 1859 Hamina – August 1919 Saint Petersburg) was a Finnish Lieutenant General who was also the vice-chairman of the economic division ( Prime minister) of the Senate of Finland from 1909 to 1913 and the Finnish Minister Secretary of State in Saint Petersburg from 1913 to 1917. Appointing him was part of the Russification of Finland. Biography His parents were the Viborg merchant Ivan Markov and Elisabet Markov. In 1887 he married Vera Vasiljevna Popova, daughter of the Saint Petersburg merchant Vasili Popov. Markov graduated from Hamina Cadet School in 1881. He served the Imperial Russian Army in Lithuania, the Moscow Military District, and Rostov. From 1892 he served in the general headquarters in Saint Petersburg. From 1903 to 1909 Markov was head of the mobilisation department. In early 1909 he was made chief of staff of 17th corps. In June 1906 he was appointed military governor of Transbaikal region and chief of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Wirenius
Anders Wirenius (29 April 1850 – 29 August 1919) was a Finland, Finnish politician. Born in Saint Petersburg, he was twice vice-chairman of the Home Office of the Senate of Finland in 1909 and in 1917, and was acting chairman of the Senate from 15 to 26 March 1917, at which point Finnish Declaration of Independence, Finland declared its independence. Wirenius was also a vice admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. References 1850 births 1919 deaths People from the Russian Empire Politicians from Saint Petersburg Finnish senators Finnish people from the Russian Empire Imperial Russian Navy admirals Vice admirals {{Finland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Johannes Hjelt
August Hjelt (29 June 1862 in Tuusula – 12 July 1919 in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland. He belonged to the conservative Finnish Party. He was a member of the Diet of Finland in 1897 and from 1905 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ... from 1907 to 1908 and again from 1910 to 1911. He was the younger brother of Edvard Hjelt. Publications * Nils Nilson Idman, en finsk språk- och fornforskare under förra seklet (1882) * Erik Lencqvist, en finsk präst och häfdeforskare i föregående århundradet (1886) * Sveriges ställning till utlandet närmast efter 1772 års statshvälfning (1887) * Yleisen valtiotiedon opas kansalaisille (1889) * Nystads jernvägsfråga (1891) * Sjuk-, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvard Immanuel Hjelt
Edvard Immanuel Hjelt (28 June 1855 – 2 July 1921) was a Finnish chemist, politician and a member of the Senate of Finland. Hjelt studied chemistry in Finland and in Germany and became rector of the University of Helsinki in 1899. He opposed the increasing influence of Russia in the Grand Duchy of Finland and started his career in politics. Good connections to Germany created during his chemistry studies before and after his graduation made it possible for him to get military help during the Finnish Civil War. Hjelt organized the training of the Finnish Jäger troops in Germany. Early life and education Hjelt was born in Vihti, Finland. He was the elder brother of August Hjelt. He studied chemistry at the University of Helsinki, and, like most of the chemists of the 19th century, went abroad to improve his education. From 1877 till 1878 he first studied with Johannes Wislicenus at the University of Würzburg, in 1879 with Emil Fischer, Emil Erlenmeyer and Adolf von Baeyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin
Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin (24 November 1839 – 26 January 1914), known as Leo Mechelin, was a Finnish politician, professor, liberal reformer and businessman. A leading defender of the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland, and of the rights of women and minorities, Mechelin's 1905–1908 government ("Mechelin's Senate") made Finland the first nation in the world with the universal right to vote and to be elected. During his period in office the freedom of expression, the press, and of assembly were introduced. Mechelin was born and died in Helsinki, Finland. Early life and education Born in Hamina in 1839, the son of Gustaf Johan Mechelin and Amanda Gustava Costiander, Leo Mechelin studied at the University of Helsinki, gaining his bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy in 1860, a bachelor's degree in law in 1864, and a license and doctorate in 1873. Career As professor of jurisdiction and politology 1874–82, Mechelin had argued that the tsars w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Mauritz Nordenstam
Baron Johan Mauritz Nordenstam (21 September 1802 – 8 June 1882) was a Finnish general who served as Senate of Finland#Vice Chairman of the Economic Division (1822–1917), Vice Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate of Finland, an office preceding that of Prime Minister of Finland, Prime Minister, from 1858 to his death in 1882. He was the longest-serving head of government in Finnish history. He also served as the Provincial Governors of Finland, governor of Uusimaa Province from 1847 to 1858, vice chancellor of the University of Helsinki from 1847 to 1855, and a minister without portfolio, senator without portfolio from 1848 to 1858. He briefly served as acting Governor-General of Finland, Governor-General five times, and was Lord Marshal (Sweden), Lord Marshal (speaker) at the first three sessions of the Diet of Finland following 54 years without an assembly. Professor August Ahlqvist was Nordenstam's illegitimate son. Nordenstam also posthumously became the stepgra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars Gabriel Von Haartman
Lars Gabriel von Haartman (23 September 1789 Turku - 16 December 1859 Merimasku) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. Along with Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, he was one of the most prominent politicians who were in favour of developing Finland as part of the Russian Empire instead of striving towards independence. Biography Lars travelled with his father, Gabriel Haartman, to St. Petersburg in 1808 when he was 19 years old. Being a representative of the Turku Academy in St. Petersburg, Gabriel Haartman made a great influence on his son's future. Lars joined Ministry of foreign affairs of Russia at a young age, and already in 1811 he became an official of the committee on Finnish Affairs and Secretary to the chancellor of the Turku Academy, and remained in St. Petersburg until 1827. During two years (1827-1829) he made a trip to Sweden, Denmark, Northern Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and England. Haartman's spouse since 1820 was Maria Sofia Mannerheim, daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anders Henrik Falck
Anders Henrik Falck (25 November 1772 – 30 November 1851) was a Finnish politician. Falck was born in Kerimäki. He was a Vice-Chairman the economic division of the Senate of Finland The Senate of Finland (; ) combined the functions of Cabinet (government), cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in independent Finland from 1917 to 1918. The body that would become the Senate was establis ... (1828–1833). He died in Kauttua. References 1772 births 1851 deaths Finnish senators People from Kerimäki 19th-century Finnish politicians {{Finland-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carl Erik Mannerheim
Count Carl Erik Mannerheim (14 December 1759 – 15 January 1837) was a Swedish–Finnish soldier, statesman and member of the Senate of Finland as its first Vice Chairman of the Economic Division, an office corresponding to that of the modern Prime Minister. Biography Carl Erik Mannerheim was born in Säter the third and youngest son of the Artillery Colonel and the Gothenburg Commandant, Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778)Johan Augustin Mannerheim (in Swedish) and his second spouse, Helene Maria Söderhjälm (1722–1793). His eldest brother was the prominent Swedish administrator Lars Augustin Mannerheim (1749–1835) and the middle brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
