Sakari Tuomioja

Sakari Severi Tuomioja ( born August 29, 1911 in Tampere, † September 9, 1964 in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician, President of the National Bank, diplomat and prime minister.

Policy

Career

First Tuomioja was a member of the left-liberal National Progressive Party and joined with the resolution 1951 Liberal Federation. In 1945 he became finance minister in the cabinet of Juho Kusti Paasikivi. Then he headed from 1945 to 1955, the Finnish central bank. At the same time he From March bis September 1950 trade and industry minister, from September 1951 to November 1952 Foreign Minister. On November 17, 1953 Tuomioja Urho Kekkonen succeeded as Prime Minister ( to 5 May 1954). He was the head of a transitional government (Cabinet Tuomioja ) cope with an acute budgetary and economic crisis. In 1955 he went as ambassador to London.

Presidential Candidate

In the presidential elections in 1956, he ran as a candidate of the liberal federal government and the Coalition Party. In the Electoral Assembly, he was able to rely on 57 300 electors. In the second ballot his candidacy was withdrawn to still draw PAASIKIVI President for a second term. This should be an impending election Kekkonen be prevented. This tactic was thwarted by the People's Democrats, in the third ballot finally won Kekkonen.

Diplomat

From 1955 to 1957 he was ambassador to Britain. 1957 to 1960 he was General Secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UN / ECE). Subsequently, he was from 1960 until his death in Finnish ambassador to Sweden. In this capacity he was March-July 1964 UN negotiators in the Cyprus conflict.

Varia

Tuomioja was the first Finn, who attended the Bilderberg conferences, informal meetings between elites from politics, economy, military, trade unions, the media and so-called universities.

The son of the writer Hella Wuolijoki was father of the late Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja.