Väinö E. Jokinen (March 31, 1879 – August 31, 1920) 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 was born in

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. His 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 (; ; ; or ''Croneburgum'') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Kanta-Häme. It is located in the southern interior of the country and on the shores of Vanajavesi, Lake Vanajavesi. The population of Hämeenlinna is appr ...

in Kanerva magazine's reporter 1904–1905 and in

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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 ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

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

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'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 in

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on August 31, 1920. He was buried at the Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution on the

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in Saint Petersburg. His wife Alma Jokinen was also a Social Democratic MP.

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