Niilo Ryhtä

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Niilo Ryhtä in 1976.

Niilo Mikael Ryhtä , born Knuutila (born September 26, 1906 in Tammela ; † August 10, 1995 in Tampere ), was a Finnish politician of the rural union ML (Maalaisliitto) and the 1965 center party KES (Suomen Keskusta) , which, among other things, in 1963 and was Minister of the Interior of Finland between 1964 and 1966 . He was also governor of the province of Oulo from 1967 to 1973 .

Life

Ryhtä, son of the farmer Aleksanteri Knuutila and his wife Sofia Nikula, attended the peasant school from 1931 to 1933 after primary school and then the agricultural school. He then worked for the provincial administration of Oulu, where he was initially an agricultural advisor in Siikajoki and then between 1935 and 1941 in Kuusamo . From 1940 to 1943 he was an expert for crop damage in Kuusamo, where he was also a member of the Agriculture Committee in 1941. He then worked as an agricultural consultant in Kuusamo, Posio , Pudasjärvi and Taivalkoski between 1942 and 1967 .

In the election on July 1 and 2, 1948 , he was elected a member of the Reichstag for the Landbund in the constituency of Oulu , to which he was a member until September 19, 1967. During his membership in parliament he was chairman of the committee for transport and public works from 1958 to 1961. On February 8, 1963, he took over the office of Interior Minister (Sisäasiainministeri) in the Karjalainen I cabinet for the first time and held this office until December 17, 1963. He was again in the cabinet between September 12, 1964 and May 26, 1966 Virolainen . His last position was from May 27, 1966 to August 31, 1967 in the Paasio I cabinet as Deputy Minister for Transport and Public Works (Ministeri kulkulaitosten ja ybaren töiden ministeriössä) .

After leaving the government and the Reichstag, Ryhtä succeeded Kalle Määttä as governor of the province of Oulo in 1967 and held this position until 1973, when he was replaced by Erkki Haukipuro .

He was married to Helmi Maria Laakso since 1940.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Finland: Key Ministries (rulers.org)
  2. ↑ Finland: Provinces
personal data
SURNAME Ryhta, Niilo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ryhtä, Niilo Mikael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish politician, member of the Reichstag and Minister
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Tammela
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1995
Place of death Tampere