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    Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈurho ˈkɑlevɑ ˈkekːonen] ; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was...
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  • by Finnish president Urho Kekkonen together with the Soviets to ensure Kekkonen's re-election. Golitsyn further said that Kekkonen had been a KGB agent...
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    Urho Kekkonen National Park (Finnish: Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto, Northern Sami: Urho Kekkonen álbmotmeahcci) is a national park in Lapland, Finland...
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    Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine was a foreign policy doctrine established by Finnish President Juho Kusti Paasikivi and continued by his successor Urho Kekkonen, aimed...
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    Helsinki, is known to have received its name from Urho Kekkonen and has nothing to do with Saint Urho). Urho in the Finnish language also has the meaning of...
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    minority government. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen. During the cabinet's run, Kekkonen took a more significant role in the management of...
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    wars, Finland became a Nordic welfare state. At the beginning of 1973, Urho Kekkonen was exceptionally elected president without elections or candidates...
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    Tamminiemi (category Urho Kekkonen)
    1986, it served as the residence of President Urho Kekkonen. Since 1987, it has been the Urho Kekkonen Museum. Tamminiemi is located in a park by the...
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    studying law, but dropped out and took a job instead. In 1926, she married Urho Kekkonen; they had met while working at a central law enforcement agency Etsivä...
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    and its Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen. There were 11 total ministers in Kekkonen's second cabinet: five (including Kekkonen himself) from the Agrarian...
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    Communist Party of Finland. He narrowly lost the presidential election to Urho Kekkonen in 1956. Fagerholm was born in Siuntio as the youngest child of stonecutter...
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    2017). "Kun Josif Stalin kuoli – näin Urho Kekkonen ryntäsi tilaisuuteen" [When Josef Stalin died - Urho Kekkonen rushed to the event]. Verkkouutiset (in...
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    Coalition Party and the Finnish People's Democratic League until the 1980s. Urho Kekkonen served as President of Finland from 1956 to 1982, by far the longest...
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    Kaleva Kekkonen (4 September 1928 – 3 July 2013) was a Finnish politician and jurist, son of president Urho Kekkonen and author Sylvi Kekkonen. Matti...
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    Night Frost Crisis (category Urho Kekkonen)
    Urho Kekkonen had already warned Virolainen about going to the same government with Leskinen. After declaring the government on 29 August, Kekkonen said...
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    Finland for the post-1968 radicalisation in the latter half of the Urho Kekkonen era. In the 1990s, Finlandization was also discussed as a potential...
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    English See, for example, Pekka Hyvärinen, "Finland's Man: Urho Kekkonen's Life" / Suomen mies: Urho Kekkosen elämä, published in Finland in 2000; Tuomo Polvinen...
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  • They were the first elections since 1968, as Parliament had extended Urho Kekkonen's term by four years. The public elected presidential electors to an...
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    Taneli Kaleva Kekkonen (4 September 1928 – 11 July 1985) was a Finnish diplomat and the son of Urho Kekkonen, who served as the President of Finland from...
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    the party's relationships with both the communists and with President Urho Kekkonen.[citation needed] The 1966 parliamentary election's Social Democratic...
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  • Valtiollinen poliisi. Later famous politician and president of Finland Urho Kekkonen worked as abitur of jurisprudence and lawyer in EK. Otto Brusiin was...
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    the CIA—although the Service was wary of recording it on paper. When Urho Kekkonen was elected the President of Finland in 1956, Supo started to transform...
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    former President of Finland Urho Kekkonen, which also led to its name. The restaurant was opened on 7 May 1973 with Urho Kekkonen attending the opening ceremony...
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    by the Parliament. In 1973, special legislation extended President Urho Kekkonen's term by four years until 1978, when he was re-elected regularly. The...
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    on the border between Finland and Russia. Its Finnish part is within Urho Kekkonen National Park in the municipality of Savukoski. In Finnish the name...
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  • August 1953. The cabinet’s Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen. "Composition of a certain government, 35. Kekkonen III". Valtioneuvosto. Archived from the original...
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    north-east of the main village of Savukoski, 10 km (6.2 mi) south of the Urho Kekkonen national park and 19 km (12 mi) west of the Russian border. There is...
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  • a majority government headed by Urho Kekkonen. Key † Died in office "Composition of a certain government, 36. Kekkonen IV". Valtioneuvosto. Archived from...
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    (Jussi) Kekkonen (30 September 1910 – 1 April 1962) was a Finnish major, CEO and the younger brother of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen. Jussi Kekkonen fought...
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  • 1954 to 3 March 1956. It was a majority government. Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen was elected the President of Finland on February 15 February 1956, resigning...
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