Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and...

Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine was a foreign policy doctrine established by Finnish President Juho Kusti Paasikivi and continued by his successor Urho Kekkonen, aimed...

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...

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...

Urho Kekkonen National Park (Finnish: Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto, Northern Sami: Urho Kekkonen álbmotmeahcci) is a national park in Lapland, Finland...

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...

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...

wars, Finland became a Nordic welfare state. At the beginning of 1973, Urho Kekkonen was exceptionally elected president without elections or candidates...

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...

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...

Soviet Union some leverage in Finnish domestic politics. President Urho Kekkonen used it extensively against his opponents. From 1956 he had a virtual...

2017). "Kun Josif Stalin kuoli – näin Urho Kekkonen ryntäsi tilaisuuteen" [When Josef Stalin died - Urho Kekkonen rushed to the event]. Verkkouutiset (in...

and its Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen. There were 11 total ministers in Kekkonen's second cabinet: five (including Kekkonen himself) from the Agrarian...

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...

Kaleva Kekkonen (4 September 1928 – 3 July 2013) was a Finnish politician and jurist, son of president Urho Kekkonen and author Sylvi Kekkonen. Matti...

They were the first elections since 1968, as Parliament had extended Urho Kekkonen's term by four years by Parliament. The public elected presidential electors...

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...

(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...

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...

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...

August 1953. The cabinet’s Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen. "Composition of a certain government, 35. Kekkonen III". Valtioneuvosto. Archived from the original...

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...

have this name include: Urho Castrén (1886–1965), a Finnish politician Urho Karhumäki (1891–1947), a Finnish poet Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986), the eighth...

Urho Kekkonen had already warned Virolainen about going to the same government with Leskinen. After declaring the government on 29 August, Kekkonen said...

policy under the presidency of Urho Kekkonen (1956–1981), who dubbed his foreign policy doctrine the Paasikivi-Kekkonen line. The treaty was an instrumental...

influence in the eyes of the Western world. On the other hand, President Urho Kekkonen knew, on the basis of the note crisis in the autumn of 1961, that the...

most influential figures in post-war Finnish politics. Like President Urho Kekkonen, Karjalainen attached great importance to Finland's relationship with...

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...

a majority government headed by Urho Kekkonen. Key † Died in office "Composition of a certain government, 36. Kekkonen IV". Valtioneuvosto. Archived from...

candidate Karl-August Fagerholm lost by only one electoral vote to Urho Kekkonen. Fagerholm would act as Prime Minister in the Fagerholm II Cabinet (1956–1957)...