Kekkonen I Cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 17, 1950 to January 17, 1951. It was Minority government. Kekkonen's first cabinet's foreign policy meant a turn in Finnish-Soviet relationships.
Kekkonen took bigger role in Soviet relationship's than president Paasikivi and signed the Soviet sponsored World Peace Council's Act about banning atomic weapons. In June 1950 Kekkonen travelled to Moscow to agree about the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade.
Cabinet's problems were big inflation which started from the Korean War and labour union's demands. Main Labour Union's treat the government with general strike two times and agrarian union's refused to raise any salaries of their employees if milk and grain prices don't go up.
Ministers
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister | Urho Kekkonen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Åke Gartz | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Independent | |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Sakari Tuomioja | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive | |
Minister of Justice | Heikki Kannisto | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive | |
Minister of Defence | Kustaa Tiitu | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister of the Interior | Urho Kekkonen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Deputy Minister of the Interior | Lauri Riikonen | March 17, 1950 | September 30, 1950 | Agrarian | |
Johannes Virolainen | September 30, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | ||
Minister of Finance | Vieno Johannes Sukselainen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Deputy Minister of Finance | Nils Meinander | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Swedish People's | |
Minister of Education | Lennart Heljas | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister of Agriculture | Taavi Vilhula | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture | Eemil Luukka | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Minister of Transport and Public Works | Martti Miettunen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works | Kauno Kleemola | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Lauri Riikonen | March 24, 1950 | March 31, 1950 | Agrarian | ||
Vihtori Vesterinen | March 31, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | ||
Minister of Trade and Industry | Sakari Tuomioja | March 17, 1950 | September 30, 1950 | National Progressive | |
Teuvo Aura | September 30, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive | ||
Minister of Social Affairs | Ralf Törngren | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Swedish People's | |
Deputy Minister of Interior | Vihtori Vesterinen | March 17, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | Agrarian | |
Kauno Kleemola | March 24, 1950 | September 30, 1950 | Agrarian | ||
Teuvo Aura | September 30, 1950 | January 17, 1951 | National Progressive |
Preceded by Fagerholm I |
Cabinet of Finland March 17, 1950–January 17, 1951 |
Succeeded by Kekkonen II |
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