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Kyösti Kallio
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Kyösti Kallio

1873 – 1940 · aged 67

Finnish politician and 4th President of Finland (1873–1940)

Born
10 Apr 1873 · Nivala
Died
19 Dec 1940 · Helsinki Central Railway Station
Part ofFinland1510 – todayGrand Duchy of Finland1760 – 1917Lutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 77 years
  1. 10 Apr 1873BornBorn in Nivala
  2. 1907 – 1937RoleMember of the Parliament of Finland
  3. 1918AwardCross of Liberty, 1st Class
  4. 1920 – 1921RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  5. 1920AwardCross of Liberty 1st Division, 2nd Class
  6. 1920AwardCommander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  7. 1922RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  8. 1922 – 1924RolePrime Minister of Finland
  9. 1924 – 1925RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  10. 1924AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  11. 1925AwardCross of Liberty 3rd Division, 1st Class
  12. 1925AwardCommanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
  13. 1925 – 1926RolePrime Minister of Finland
  14. 1926AwardOrder of the Three Stars, 1st Class
  15. 1927 – 1928RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  16. 1929RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  17. 1929 – 1930RolePrime Minister of Finland
  18. 1930 – 1936RoleSpeaker of the Parliament of Finland
  19. 1930AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
  20. 1932Award1st Class of the Order of the Cross of the Eagle
  21. 1936 – 1937RolePrime Minister of Finland
  22. 1937AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  23. 1937 – 1940RolePresident of Finland
  24. 1938AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  25. 1938AwardOrder of the White Star, Collar Class
  26. 19 Dec 1940DiedDied in Helsinki Central Railway Station

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1873 – 1940).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp

Biography

Kyösti Kallio (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkyø̯sti ˈkɑlːio], 10 April 1873 – 19 December 1940) was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1937 to 1940. His presidency included leading the country through the Winter War; while he relinquished the post of commander-in-chief to Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, he played a role as a spiritual leader. After the war, he became both the first president of Finland to resign and the only one to die in office, dying of a heart attack while returning home after submitting his resignation.

Kallio was the only president of Finland who did not have an academic or similar degree. He was a prominent leader of the Agrarian League party, and served as Prime Minister four times and Speaker of the Parliament six times. During his political career, he also served as a five-time Minister of Agriculture for most of the period between 1917 and 1922, including in the Independence Senate and the Civil War-era White cabinet, led a 1922 land reform to aid tenant farmers in acquiring their own land, and was a candidate in the 1931 presidential election before defeating incumbent president Pehr Evind Svinhufvud in the subsequent elections of 1937.

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