Veli Merikoski

Veli Merikoski
Foreign Minister of Finland
In office
13 April 1962  18 December 1963
Preceded by Ahti Karjalainen
Succeeded by Jaakko Hallama
Personal details
Born 2 January 1905
Pyhtää
Died 28 January 1982(1982-01-28) (aged 77)
Helsinki
Political party People's Party
Spouse(s) Wava Margit Winge (1940–)
Alma mater University of Helsinki
Occupation professor
Profession law

Veli Kaarlo Merikoski (born 2 January 1905 in Pyhtää, died 28 January 1982 in Helsinki) was a professor in the University of Helsinki and once the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing People's Party.[1]

Merikoski worked as an associate professor of administrative courts in the University of Helsinki 1937-1941. From 1941 to 1970 he was a professor. He was also a chancellor in the Turku School of Economics and a member in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.

Kekkonen appointed Merikoski with the task to form a new government following the 1962 parliamentary elections. However, Merikoski was not successful in this task, and Ahti Karjalainen replaced him. Merikoski was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ahti Karjalainen's cabinet on the mandate of People's Party.

References

  1. "Ministerikortisto". Valtioneuvosto (Finnish Government). Retrieved 2011-04-01.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ahti Karjalainen
Foreign Minister of Finland
1962-1963
Succeeded by
Jaakko Hallama


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