Urho Kekkonen

Preses Urho Kekkonen
8t Preses o Finland
In office 1 Mairch 1956 – 27 Januar 1982
Prime Meenister	Karl-August Fagerholm V. J. Sukselainen Rainer von Fieandt Reino Kuuskoski Martti Miettunen Ahti Karjalainen Johannes Virolainen Rafael Paasio Mauno Koivisto Teuvo Aura Kalevi Sorsa Keijo Liinamaa
Precedit bi	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Succeedit bi	Mauno Koivisto
Prime Meenister o Finland
In office 20 October 1954 – 3 Mairch 1956
Precedit bi	Ralf Törngren
Succeedit bi	Karl-August Fagerholm
In office 17 Mairch 1950 – 17 November 1953
Precedit bi	Karl-August Fagerholm
Succeedit bi	Sakari Tuomioja
Meenister o the Interior
In office 12 Mairch 1937 – 1 December 1939
Precedit bi	Yrjö Puhakka
Succeedit bi	Ernst von Born
In office 17 Mairch 1950 – 17 Januar 1951
Precedit bi	Aarre Simonen
Succeedit bi	V. J. Sukselainen
Meenister o Justice
In office 7 October 1936 – 12 Mairch 1937
Precedit bi	Emil Jatkola
Succeedit bi	Arvi Ahmavaara
In office 17 November 1944 – 26 Mairch 1946
Precedit bi	Ernst von Born
Succeedit bi	Teuvo Aura
In office 20 September 1951 – 22 September 1951
Precedit bi	Teuvo Aura
Succeedit bi	Sven Högström
Meenister o Foreign Affairs
In office 26 November 1952 – 9 Julie 1953
Precedit bi	Sakari Tuomioja
Succeedit bi	Ralf Törngren
In office 5 Mey 1954 – 20 October 1954
Precedit bi	Ralf Törngren
Succeedit bi	Johannes Virolainen
Speaker o the Finnish Parliament
In office 22 Julie 1948 – 21 Mairch 1950
Precedit bi	Karl-August Fagerholm
Succeedit bi	Karl-August Fagerholm
Personal details
Born	3 September 1900(1900-09-03) Pielavesi, Finland
Dee'd	31 August 1986(1986-08-31) (aged 85) Helsinki, Finland
Naitionality	Finnish
Poleetical pairty	Agrarian League 1933–1965: Centre Pairty 1965–1982
Hicht	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Spoose(s)	Sylvi Salome Uino
Bairns	Matti, Taneli
Residence	Tamminiemi
Alma mater	Varsity o Helsinki
Profession	Lawyer, polis officer, jurnalist
Religion	Lutheran
Signatur

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈurɦo ˈkɑlɛʋɑ ˈkekːonɛn] ( listen); 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), wis a Finnish politeecian who served as Prime Meenister o Finland (1950–1953, 1954–1956) an later as the aichth an langest-servin Preses o Finland (1956–1982). Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy o his predecessor Preses Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine that came tae be kent as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen line”, unner which Finland retained its unthirldom while maintainin extensive tred wi baith NATO members as well as those o the Warsaw Pact.