Väinö Voionmaa

Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa (to 1906 Wallin) (12 February 1869 in Jyväskylä – 24 May 1947 in Helsinki) was a Finnish professor, diplomat, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influential politicians during the early times of independent Republic of Finland. He was a Social Democrat.[1]

Väinö Voionmaa

As an academic, Voionmaa contributed to introduce economic and geographic perspectives into Finnish history writings. He has studied the medieval times and the rise of the modern urban industrial society. He was also one of the founders of the School of Social Sciences in 1930 that eventually became the University of Tampere.

Cabinet positions

Voionmaa was one of the senators in the Tokoi senate in 1917 before the declaration of independence. Later he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Väinö Tanner 1926–1927.[2] He was also the Minister of Trade and Industry in the Cajander 3rd cabinet 1937–1939,[3] and also briefly the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1938.[4] Voionmaa's experience in foreign affairs grew while he was a member of the Finnish delegation to the League of Nations.

Voionmaa's compositions
  • Voionmaa, Väinö, Yhteiskunta ja alkoholikysymys. Raittiusjärjestöjen yhteistoimikunta, 1944.
  • Voionmaa, Väinö, Tampereen historia. 1932.
  • Voionmaa, Väinö, Yhteiskunnallinen alkoholikysymys. WSOY 1925.
  • Voionmaa, Väinö, Suomen talousmaantieto. WSOY 1922.
  • Voionmaa, Väinö, Valtioelämän perusteet. Edistysseurojen kustannusosakeyhtiö, 1918.
  • Voionmaa, Väinö, Suur-Suomen luonnolliset rajat, 1918

References
  • Halila, Aimo (1969), Väinö Voionmaa, Helsinki
  1. Sakari Virkkunen, "The Presidents of Finland II" / Suomen presidentit II, Helsinki: Otava Publishing Ltd., 1994).
  2. "Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. "Finnish Government - Ministers of Trade and Industry". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. "Ministerikortisto". Valtioneuvosto (Finnish Government). Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
Political offices
Preceded by
Emil Nestor Setälä		 Foreign Minister of Finland
1926-1927		 Succeeded by
Hjalmar Procopé
Preceded by
Rudolf Holsti		 Foreign Minister of Finland
1938		 Succeeded by
Eljas Erkko


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