Kaarlo Castrén (28 February 1860 – 19 November 1938) was a Finnish politician and

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. He represented the National Progressive Party.

Biography

Castrén was born in Turtola and graduated in 1887 as a Bachelor of Law. From 1888 to 1892, he worked in the finance division of the

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, and from 1888 to 1898 in the Castrén & Snellman attorneys-at-law office. From 1892 to 1904, Castrén was a member of the board in the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank. He attended the state board meetings in 1894 and from 1905 to 1906. He was Senator from 1908 to 1909, after which he founded an attorney-at-law office. In 1916, Castrén was elected as the director of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki. In November 1918, Castrén was named

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. He served as Prime Minister of Finland from 17 April to 15 August 1919. His government gave a proposal of the

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form of government in Finland, and after the proposal was accepted, the government disbanded. Castrén died in

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Cabinets

* Kaarlo Castrén Cabinet

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1860 births 1938 deaths People from Pello People from Oulu Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Young Finnish Party politicians National Progressive Party (Finland) politicians Finnish senators Prime ministers of Finland Ministers of finance of Finland Members of the Diet of Finland 19th-century Finnish businesspeople {{NationalProgressivePartyFinland-politician-stub