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President
  
Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Ralf Torngren


Preceded by
  
Sakari Tuomioja

Succeeded by
  
Urho Kekkonen

Ralf Torngren

Born
  
1 March 1899 Oulu (
1899-03-01
)

Died
  
May 16, 1961, Turku, Finland

Party
  
Swedish People\'s Party of Finland

Political party
  
Swedish People\'s Party

Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren, (1 March 1899, in Oulu – 16 May 1961, in Turku), was a Finnish politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party (1945–1955), a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954. In the Finnish presidential elections of 1956, he won 20 electoral votes.

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Ralf Törngren Ralf Trngren Wikipedia

A prize in his honor was founded in 2003 at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland.

Career

  • 1944-1945 Social minister
  • 1945-1948 Finance minister
  • 1950-1951 Social minister
  • 1951 Second Finance minister
  • 1951-1952 Social minister
  • 1952-1953 Second Minister for Foreign Affairs
  • 1953-1954 Minister for Foreign Affairs
  • 1954 Prime Minister
  • 1956-1957 Minister for Foreign Affairs
  • 1959-1961 Minister for Foreign Affairs
  • 1959-1961 Deputy Prime Minister
  • Cabinets

  • Törngren Cabinet
  • Ralf Törngren httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommons88

    References

    Ralf Törngren Wikipedia