Kekkonen I Cabinet
Kekkonen's First Cabinet | |
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33rd Cabinet of Finland | |
Group picture of Kekkonen's first government March 18, 1950 at the President's palace. | |
Date formed | 17 March 1950 |
Date dissolved | 17 January 1951 |
People and organisations | |
President | Juho Kusti Paasikivi |
Prime Minister | Urho Kekkonen |
No. of ministers | 11 |
Total no. of members | 19 |
Member parties | Agrarian League National Progressive Party Swedish People's Party |
Status in legislature | Minority 74 / 200 (37%) |
Opposition parties | |
History | |
Predecessor | Fagerholm I Cabinet |
Successor | Kekkonen II Cabinet |
Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Finland. The cabinet existed from 17 March 1950 to 17 January 1951. It was a minority government. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen.[1]
During the cabinet's run, Kekkonen took a more significant role in the management of Soviet relations than president Paasikivi. For example, as Prime Minister, Kekkonen signed the Soviet-sponsored World Peace Council act banning atomic weapons. In June 1950, Kekkonen travelled to Moscow to agree on the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade. The cabinet's foreign policy lead to an improvement in Finnish-Soviet relationships.
One of the cabinet's problems was the large inflation caused by the Korean War.
Ministers
- Key
- RES Resigned
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister | Urho Kekkonen | March 17, 1950 | Kekkonen IV Cabinet | Agrarian | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Åke Gartz | March 17, 1950 | Kekkonen II Cabinet | Independent | |
Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs | Sakari Tuomioja | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive | |
Minister of Justice | Heikki Kannisto | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive | |
Minister of the Interior | Urho Kekkonen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister at the Ministry of the Interior | Lauri Riikonen | March 17, 1950 | September 30, 1950 RES | Agrarian | |
Johannes Virolainen | September 30, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | ||
Minister of Defence | Kustaa Tiitu | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister of Finance | Vieno Johannes Sukselainen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister at the Ministry of Finance | Nils Meinander | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Swedish People's | |
Minister of Education | Lennart Heljas | March 17, 1950 | Kekkonen II Cabinet | Agrarian | |
Minister of Agriculture | Taavi Vilhula | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister at the Ministry of Agriculture | Eemil Luukka | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister of Transport and Public Works | Martti Miettunen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister at the Ministry of Transport and Public Works | Kauno Kleemola | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Lauri Riikonen | March 24, 1950 | March 31, 1950 RES | Agrarian | ||
Vihtori Vesterinen | March 31, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | ||
Minister of Trade and Industry | Sakari Tuomioja | March 17, 1950 | September 30, 1950 RES | National Progressive | |
Teuvo Aura | September 30, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive | ||
Minister of Social Affairs | Ralf Törngren | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Swedish People's |
References
- ^ "Composition of a certain government, 33. Kekkonen". Valtioneuvosto. Archived from the original on 11 June 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
Preceded by | Cabinet of Finland March 17, 1950–January 17, 1951 | Succeeded by |
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- Svinhufvud I
- Paasikivi I
- Ingman I
- Kaarlo Castrén
- Vennola I
- Erich
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- Cajander I
- Kallio I
- Cajander II
- Ingman II
- Tulenheimo
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