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.

Statements (51)

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 →
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) →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Soviet–Finnish relations →	hasKeyActor
University of Helsinki →	hasNotableAlumnus
Paasikivi–Kekkonen line →	namedAfter
Hietaniemi Cemetery →	notableBurial