Sakari Tuomioja

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Sakari Tuomioja in 1941.

Sakari Severi Tuomioja (born August 29, 1911 in Tampere , † September 9, 1964 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish politician, President of the National Bank, diplomat and Prime Minister.

politics

Career

Tuomioja initially belonged to the left-wing liberal National Progress Party and, when it was dissolved in 1951, switched to the Liberal League . In 1945 he became Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Juho Kusti Paasikivi . He then headed the Finnish Central Bank from 1945 to 1955 . At the same time he was Minister of Trade and Industry from March to September 1950 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from September 1951 to November 1952. On November 17, 1953 Tuomioja Urho Kekkonen followed as Prime Minister (until May 5, 1954). As head of a transitional government ( Tuomioja cabinet ), he was supposed to cope with an acute budget and economic crisis. In 1955 he went to London as ambassador.

Presidential candidate

In the presidential election in 1956 he stood as a candidate for the Liberal Bund and the rallying party . In the electoral assembly he was able to rely on 57 of 300 electors. In the second ballot, however, his candidacy was withdrawn in order to put President Paasikivi up for a second term. This was to prevent an impending election of Kekkonen. This tactic was thwarted by the People's Democrats, and Kekkonen finally won the third ballot.

diplomat

From 1955 to 1957 he was ambassador to Great Britain . From 1957 to 1960 he was Secretary General of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN / ECE) . He was then the Finnish ambassador to Sweden from 1960 until his death . In this function he was also UN negotiator in the Cyprus conflict from March to July 1964 .

Varia

Tuomioja was the first Finn to take part in the so-called Bilderberg Conferences , informal meetings of functional elites from politics, business, the military, trade unions, the media and universities.

The son-in-law of the writer Hella Wuolijoki was the father of the future Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja .

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personal data
SURNAME Tuomioja, Sakari
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuomioja, Sakari Severi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1964
Place of death Helsinki