Rudolf Holsti

Eino Rudolf Holsti (born October 8, 1881 in Jyväskylä , † August 3, 1945 in Palo Alto , United States ) was a Finnish sociologist and politician. Holsti represented Finland as Foreign Minister for two terms (1919–1922, 1936–1938).

Life

Career

Holsti studied sociology in England and did his doctorate on the subject: “ The Relation of the War to the Origin of the State. “In 1913. A short teaching position followed. In 1913 he was elected to the Finnish state parliament and was a senator in the Tokoi government from 1917 . In 1918 Holsti was a member of the Finnish delegation that negotiated Finland's independence with the Entente powers. On May 4, 1919, he was appointed Finnish Foreign Minister. After the failure of his foreign policy, he resigned as foreign minister in 1922. From February 1923 he worked as the Finnish envoy in Reval ( Estonia ). At the same time he was the Finnish representative to the League of Nations and later became envoy to Latvia and Switzerland . From 1936 to 1938 Holsti was foreign minister again. From February 17, 1937 to March 12, 1937 he was interim Prime Minister in the Cabinet Kallio IV of Kyösti Kallio , who was elected President. From 1941 he taught at Stanford University in the United States .

family

He was married to Liisa, with whom he had two children. The two sons Ole (* 1933) and Kalevi (* 1935) both became political scientists .

Web links

Commons : Rudolf Holsti - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Aleksandra M. Kollontaj : My life in diplomacy. Records from 1922 to 1945 . Dietz, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-320-02043-9 , p. 683 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
↑ Kai von Jena: Polish Ostpolitik after the First World War. P. 196 ( limited preview in Google Book search)
↑ Kalevi Holsti : A Pioneer in International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy, Analysis, History of International Order, and Security Studies , p. 3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)

personal data
SURNAME	Holsti, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Holsti, Eino Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish sociologist and politician; Finnish Foreign Minister (1919–1922, 1936–1938)
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jyväskylä
DATE OF DEATH	August 3, 1945
Place of death	Palo Alto , United States

[1] Aleksandra M. Kollontaj : My life in diplomacy. Records from 1922 to 1945 . Dietz, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-320-02043-9 , p. 683 ( limited preview in the Google book search)

[2] Kai von Jena: Polish Ostpolitik after the First World War. P. 196 ( limited preview in Google Book search)

[3] Kalevi Holsti : A Pioneer in International Relations Theory, Foreign Policy, Analysis, History of International Order, and Security Studies , p. 3 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)