Urho Kiukas
Urho Johan Kiukas (born November 19, 1902 in Kymi , † November 19, 1995 ) was a Finnish civil servant and politician who was governor of Mikkeli Province between 1957 and 1969 and Finland's interior minister from 1957 to 1958 .
Life
Kiukas, whose family came from South Savo, began studying law after attending school in 1924 , which he completed in 1930 with a bachelor's degree. In addition, he worked between 1927 and 1934, initially in a law firm in Helsinki and finally in Mikkeli . In 1934, after completing his training, he took the assessor examination (Varatuomari) . After he was then from 1934 to 1935 rapporteur at the administrative court of the Mikkeli province , he worked as a judge at the court of Heinävesi from 1935 to 1944 . In 1945 he moved to the Ministry of the Interior and was first secretary in the ministerial office and then as the successor to Erik Gabrielsson from August 29, 1947 until his replacement by Fjalar Jarva on July 16, 1957 Director General of the Police Department (Poliisiylijohtaja) . He also served from 1947 to 1948 as a prosecutor in the so-called "weapons cache affair" (, Asekätkentä ') against Colonel Valo Nihtilä and Lieutenant Colonel Usko Haahti that after the Continuation War and the Soviet Union concluded an armistice of Moscow nationwide on September 19, 1944 large stocks had hidden weapons and armaments of the armed forces in order to take countermeasures in the event of an invasion of the Red Army .
On July 17, 1957, Kiukas succeeded Alpo Lumme as governor of the Mikkeli province and held this position until November 19, 1969, after which Viljo Virtanen took over on January 1, 1970. At the same time he was appointed Minister of the Interior () on November 29, 1957 in the Fieandt cabinet , of which he was a member until April 26, 1958.
In the course of the so-called "Kätilöopisto" affair, a parliamentary committee of inquiry was set up against him and the two former ministers Aarre Simonen and Vilho Väyrynen . The three cabinet members were accused of contracting the bankrupt Teoranta construction company in December 1956 to build the Kätilöopisto maternity hospital in the Helsinki district of Ullanlinna and paying taxpayers' money for construction work that had not been carried out, which resulted in considerable delays in the construction of the hospital. After deliberations in the Constitutional Law Committee (Perustuslakivaliokunta) , a vote in the Reichstag on November 8, 1960 decided with a large majority that legal proceedings should be initiated against the three former ministers. On April 5, 1961, negotiations began before the Supreme Administrative Court (Korkein hallinto-oikeus) chaired by Reino Iisakki Kuuskoski . On December 14, 1961, Simonen and Väyrynen were sentenced to substantial fines, while Kiukas was acquitted. In 1967 he and his wife Kaisu Kiukas founded a foundation to support students from South Savo.
Publications
- Mitä-Missä-Milloin, Kansalaisen vuosikirja 1958 , Helsinki, 1957
- Otavan Iso tietosanakirja , 1968
- 50 vuotta väestönsuojelutyötä. Suomen väestönsuojelujärjestö 1927-1977 , Helsinki 1977
Web links
- Minister on the homepage of the Government of Finland Suomen valtioneuvosto
- Biography (finnish)
- Entry in rulers.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Finland: Provinces (rulers.org)
- ↑ Finland: Key Ministries (rulers.org)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiukas, Urho |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kiukas, Urho Johan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish politician, minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kymi |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1995 |