Yrjö Kallinen
Yrjö Henrik Kallinen (15 June 1886 - 1 January 1976) was a Finnish railwayman, cooperative movement functionary and politician, born in Oulu. He was imprisoned from 1918 to 1921 for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
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Yrjö Kallinen in 1966.
From 27 March 1946 to 29 July 1948, Kallinen served as Minister of Defence of Finland.[1] He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1945 to 1948, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP).[2]
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- "Council of State – Ministers of Defence". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- Eduskunta.
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