Mauno Pekkala

Mauno Pekkala (27 January 1890, in Sysmä – 30 June 1952) was a Finnish politician and Prime Minister from 1946 to 1948.[1]

Mauno Pekkala
19th Prime Minister of Finland
In office 26 March 1946 – 29 July 1948
President	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Preceded by	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Succeeded by	Karl-August Fagerholm
Minister of Defence
In office 17 April 1945 – 27 March 1946
Prime Minister	Juho Kusti Paasikivi Himself
Preceded by	Väinö Valve
Succeeded by	Yrjö Kallinen
Minister of Finance
In office 1 December 1939 – 22 March 1942
Prime Minister	Risto Ryti Johan W. Rangell
Preceded by	Väinö Tanner
Succeeded by	Väinö Tanner
Minister of Agriculture
In office 13 December 1926 – 17 December 1927
Prime Minister	Väinö Tanner
Preceded by	Juho Sunila
Succeeded by	Sigurd Mattsson
Personal details
Born	(1890-01-27)27 January 1890 Sysmä, Finland
Died	30 June 1952(1952-06-30) (aged 62) Helsinki, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Political party	Social Democratic (1927–1945) People’s Democratic League (1945-1952)

Pekkala was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland and member of several wartime cabinets as Minister of Finance from December 1939 to February 1942.[2] Pekkala left the party after the Continuation War.

After the war, Pekkala joined the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), an alliance of communists, socialists and social democrats. He served as the Minister of Defence between April 1945 and March 1946.[3]

He was candidate in the 1950 presidential election. Pekkala also belonged to the Socialist Unity Party which worked inside the SKDL.

Mauno Pekkala was the brother of Eino Pekkala.