Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Juho Kusti Paasikivi [ juhɔ Kusti pɑ ː sikivi ] ( born November 27, 1870 in Koski Hl, today Hämeenkoski, † December 14, 1956 in Helsinki), former Swedish name (up to 1885): Johan Gustaf Hellsten, was a politician and from 1946 to 1956 Finnish President.

Life

PAASIKIVI took early in the political life of Finland's part: he sat before the independence of Finland for the Finnish party as a deputy in the State Council, Minister of State was in the first government of independent Finland, where he belonged to the National Coalition Party ( Kokoomus ), and Finland's envoy in Sweden in the years 1936 to 1939, where he represented the so-called Scandinavian orientation. He was head of the Finnish delegation at the peace negotiations with Soviet Russia in the Estonian Tartu in 1920 and further negotiations with the USSR: in the autumn of 1939 before the Winter War and the armistice negotiations in the spring of 1944 From 1940 to 1941 he was Finland's Ambassador to the Soviet Union. 1944 to 1946 he also held the office of the Finnish Government once again. Following the resignation of Gustaf Mannerheim in 1946 PAASIKIVI was president and remained so until 1956. During his presidency, the Finnish -Soviet Treaty of 1948 was completed. As a politician, he represented the line of reconciliation with the Soviet Union ( which was called by his opponents Soviet bondage), Finland's " limited sovereignty " had as a result. His successor was Urho Kekkonen, who should continue its policy, after which it is referred to as Paasikivi - Kekkonen line.

PAASIKIVI died in 1956. He was buried in the cemetery Läntinen Hautausmaa in Helsinki.