Urho Kekkonen

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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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Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki notableBurial Urho Kekkonen
subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
Paasikivi–Kekkonen line namedAfter Urho Kekkonen
Tamminiemi mostAssociatedWith Urho Kekkonen
Tamminiemi museumDedicatedTo Urho Kekkonen
Tamminiemi significantPeriod Urho Kekkonen
this entity surface form: Urho Kekkonen presidency
Centre Party of Finland hasPresident Urho Kekkonen
Presidentti (President) notableHolder Urho Kekkonen
subject surface form: Presidentti
Pielavesi birthplaceOf Urho Kekkonen
Pielavesi hasNotablePerson Urho Kekkonen
Sylvi Kekkonen familyName Urho Kekkonen
this entity surface form: Kekkonen
Sylvi Kekkonen spouse Urho Kekkonen
Sylvi Kekkonen spouseOf Urho Kekkonen
this entity surface form: President Urho Kekkonen
Sylvi Kekkonen relative Urho Kekkonen
Sylvi Kekkonen associatedWith Urho Kekkonen
this entity surface form: Presidency of Urho Kekkonen
Taneli Kekkonen father Urho Kekkonen
Taneli Kekkonen relative Urho Kekkonen
Matti Kekkonen father Urho Kekkonen
Tamminiemi diaries author Urho Kekkonen
Tamminiemi diaries mainSubject Urho Kekkonen
Tamminiemi diaries about Urho Kekkonen
this entity surface form: Presidency of Urho Kekkonen
Onko maallamme malttia vaurastua? associatedWith Urho Kekkonen
this entity surface form: Urho Kekkonen’s presidency
President Juho Kusti Paasikivi succeededBy Urho Kekkonen
subject surface form: Juho Kusti Paasikivi