Preceded by Eero Hahl Name Rolf Witting Preceded by Kyosti Kallio Role Politician | Preceded by Vaino Tanner Succeeded by Juho Niukkanen | |
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Spouse(s) Ellen Julie Elise Neovius (1904–) Occupation Politician, Professor, CEO Died October 11, 1944, Porvoo, Finland Party Swedish People's Party of Finland | ||
Political party Swedish People's Party | ||
Rolf Johan Witting (30 September 1879 in Viipuri – 11 October 1944 in Porvoon maalaiskunta) was a Finnish oceanographist and politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1924–1943.
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Scientific career
Witting graduated as Abitur in 1897, Candidate of Philosophy in 1901, Master of Philosophy in 1907, Licentiate 1909 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1910. He served as the director-general of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research from 1918–1936.
Politics
He was elected as a Member of Parliament on 1 May 1924 from Uusimaa constituency. He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs 1934–1936, and the Foreign Minister 1940–1943.
Witting served in business life as a head of corporate government in the Hanken School of Economics, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters and the Geographical Society of Finland. Also he was as a member of corporate government in Teollisuushypoteekkipankki, Suomen pankkiyhdistys and Hufvudstadsbladet.