Vilkku Joukahainen
Vilhelm Vilkku Joukahainen (born April 19, 1879 in Vehkalahti , † March 27, 1929 in Hamina ) was a Finnish journalist and politician of the Landbund ML (Maalaisliitto) , who was Finland's interior minister between 1922 and 1924 .
Life
Joukahainen, son of the farmer Kalle Kustaa Seppä Jouhikainen and his wife Helena Ståhlberg, attended elementary school and adult education center and in 1902 the teacher training college in Serdobol . After graduation, he was first a primary school teacher in Tuusula in 1904 and then taught between 1904 and 1919 as a teacher at the primary school in Hamina. In addition, he was editor-in-chief of the local daily Koitar from 1904 to 1905 and first a reporter for the Kansakoulun newspaper between 1909 and 1919 and the Maakansa newspaper from 1913 to 1914 . Later he was editor-in-chief of the Maaseutu newspaper from 1916 to 1920 and at the same time editor of the Maan Äänen newspaper between 1919 and 1920 . He was also editor in the Turunmaa newspaper from 1923 to 1924 and then editor-in-chief of the Suomen talonpoika newspaper from 1924 to 1925 , before he was director of the branch of the Agricultural Stock Bank (Suomen Maatalous-Osake-Pankki) between 1926 and his death on March 27, 1929 ) was in Hamina.
In addition to his journalistic activities, Joukahainen was involved in the Landbund ML (Maalaisliitto) and was elected for this in the parliamentary elections on October 1 and 2, 1917 in the Viipuri constituency as a member of the Reichstag , to which he belonged until April 30, 1924.
On March 15, 1920 he was appointed Minister of Social Affairs (Sosiaaliministeri) in the Erich cabinet , to which he was a member until April 9, 1921. From April 9, 1921 to June 2, 1922, he also held the office of Minister of Social Affairs in the following cabinet, Vennola II . After he was chairman of the Labor Affairs Committee of the Reichstag from June to November 1922, he served as Minister of the Interior (Sisäasiainministeri) in the Kallio I cabinet between November 14, 1922 and January 18, 1924 . Most recently he was again Minister of Social Affairs from March 31 to December 31, 1925 in the Tulenheimo cabinet .
Joukahainen had been married to Johanna Pietikäinen since 1905.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Finland: Key Ministries (rulers.org)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Joukahainen, Vilkku |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joukahainen, Vilhelm Vilkku (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish politician, member of the Reichstag and Minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 19, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vehkalahti |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1929 |
| Place of death | Hamina |