Urho Kekkonen

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President of Finland Prime Minister of Finland author human journalist lawyer politician statesman

Urho Kekkonen was a long-serving Finnish statesman who served as President of Finland from 1956 to 1982 and played a key role in shaping the country’s Cold War foreign policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of Finland ⓘ
Prime Minister of Finland ⓘ
author ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
academicDegree Master of Laws ⓘ
awardReceived Lenin Peace Prize ⓘ
Order of Lenin ⓘ
Order of the Lion of Finland ⓘ
Order of the White Rose of Finland ⓘ
burialPlace Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki ⓘ
surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
causeOfDeath Alzheimer's disease ⓘ
child Matti Kekkonen ⓘ
Taneli Kekkonen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Finland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1900-09-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-08-31 ⓘ
describedBySource Presidentti.fi biography of Urho Kekkonen ⓘ
educatedAt University of Helsinki ⓘ
endTime 1953-11-09 (first term as Prime Minister) ⓘ
1956-03-03 (second term as Prime Minister) ⓘ
1982-01-27 (presidency) ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOf Finland ⓘ
headOfStateOf Finland ⓘ
languageSpokenWrittenOrSigned Finnish ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Agrarian League ⓘ
Centre Party of Finland ⓘ
notableFor Finnish foreign policy of neutrality during the Cold War ⓘ
hosting the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in Helsinki ⓘ
notableWork Onko maallamme malttia vaurastua? ⓘ
Tamminiemi diaries ⓘ
placeOfBirth Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Pielavesi ⓘ
placeOfDeath Helsinki ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
Minister of Justice of Finland ⓘ
Minister of the Interior of Finland ⓘ
President of Finland ⓘ
Prime Minister of Finland ⓘ
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland ⓘ
religion Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ⓘ
residence Tamminiemi ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sylvi Kekkonen ⓘ
startTime 1950-03-17 (first term as Prime Minister) ⓘ
1954-10-20 (second term as Prime Minister) ⓘ
1956-03-01 (presidency) ⓘ

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Paasikivi–Kekkonen line → namedAfter → Urho Kekkonen ⓘ
subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery