President Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg Succeeded by Juho Vennola Name Kaarlo Castren | Preceded by Juhani Arajarvi Preceded by Lauri Ingman Resigned August 15, 1919 | |
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Political party National Progressive Party Role Former Prime Minister of Finland Died November 19, 1938, Helsinki, Finland Party National Progressive Party Previous office Prime Minister of Finland (1919–1919) | ||
Kaarlo Castrén (28 February 1860 Pello – 19 November 1938) was a Finnish politician and Prime Minister of Finland. He represented the National Progressive Party.
Castrén was born in Turtola and graduated in 1887 as a Bachelor of Law. From 1888 to 1892, he worked in the finance division of the Senate of Finland, and from 1888 to 1898 in the Castrén & Snellman attorneys-at-law office.
From 1892 to 1904, Castrén was a member of the board in the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank. He attended the state board meetings in 1894 and from 1905 to 1906. He was Senator from 1908 to 1909, after which he founded an attorney-at-law office. In 1916, Castrén was elected as the director of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki.
In November 1918, Castrén was named Minister of Finance. He served as Prime Minister of Finland from 17 April to 15 August 1919. His government gave a proposal of the republic form of government in Finland, and after the proposal was accepted, the government disbanded.
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Kaarlo Castrén Cabinet