Risto Ryti

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Risto Ryti was a Finnish politician who served as the fifth President of Finland during World War II and played a key role in the country’s wartime leadership and diplomacy.

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Risto Heikki Ryti 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish politician
President of Finland
human
awardReceived Order of the Lion of Finland
surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland

Order of the White Rose of Finland
surface form: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
birthDate 1889-02-03
birthPlace Huittinen, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
burialPlace Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage
countryOfCitizenship Finland
deathDate 1956-10-25
deathPlace Helsinki
surface form: Helsinki, Finland
educatedAt University of Helsinki
familyName Ryti
fieldOfStudy law
givenName Risto
imprisonedAt Sukevan vankila (Sukeva Prison)
languageSpoken English
Finnish
Swedish
legalEvent convicted in Finnish war-responsibility trials
memberOf Parliament of Finland
name Risto Ryti self-linksurface differs
surface form: Risto Heikki Ryti
notableFor Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement
wartime leadership of Finland during World War II
numberOfChildren 3
occupation banker
lawyer
politician
office President of Finland
pardonedBy President Juho Kusti Paasikivi
parliamentaryGroup National Progressive Party (Finland)
participatedIn World War II
politicalParty National Progressive Party (Finland)
positionHeld Governor of the Bank of Finland
Minister of Finance of Finland
President of Finland
Prime Minister of Finland
precededBy Kyösti Kallio
primeMinisterOf Finland
primeMinisterTermEnd 1940-12-18
primeMinisterTermStart 1939-12-01
religion Lutheranism
roleIn Continuation War
Winter War
sentence 10 years imprisonment
signature Risto Ryti signature image
spouse Hedvig Ståhlberg
surface form: Gerda Ryti
succeededBy Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
termEnd 1944-08-04
termStart 1940-12-19

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Risto Ryti name Risto Ryti self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Risto Heikki Ryti
subject surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
Kyösti Kallio successor Risto Ryti