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Mauno Koivisto
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Person

Mauno Koivisto

1923 – 2017 · aged 94

President of Finland (1923–2017)

Born
25 Nov 1923 · Turku
Died
12 May 2017 · Meilahti Tower Hospital
Part ofFinland1510 – todayLutheranism1471 – today

Life timeline

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

Showing 108 years
  1. 25 Nov 1923BornBorn in Turku
  2. 1939 – 1940WarWinter War
  3. 1940AwardMemorial medal of the Winter War
  4. 1941 – 1944WarContinuation War
  5. 1944AwardMedal of Liberty, 2nd Class
  6. 1956AwardMemorial medal of the Continuation War
  7. 1966 – 1967RoleMinister of Finance
  8. 1968 – 1970RolePrime Minister of Finland
  9. 1968 – 1982RoleGovernor of the Bank of Finland
  10. 1970AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  11. 1971AwardOrder of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary
  12. 1972RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Finland
  13. 1972RoleMinister of Finance
  14. 1979 – 1982RolePrime Minister of Finland
  15. 1979AwardGrand Cross of the Order of San Carlos
  16. 1980AwardMedal for Military Merits
  17. 1980AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  18. 1980AwardGrand Cross of the National Order of Merit
  19. 1982AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  20. 1982 – 1994RolePresident of Finland
  21. 1982AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  22. 1982AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon
  23. 12 May 2017DiedDied in Meilahti Tower Hospital

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1923 – 2017).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1945World War II
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  24. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  26. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  28. 1968Prague Spring
  29. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  30. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  31. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  32. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  33. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  34. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  35. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  36. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  37. 1985Schengen Agreement
  38. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  39. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  40. 19901990 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Mauno Henrik Koivisto (25 November 1923 – 12 May 2017) was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982. He was also the first member of the Social Democratic Party to be elected as President of Finland.

Text from the Wikipedia article Mauno Koivisto, CC BY-SA 4.0

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