| Pavel Stepanovich Prokkonen | |
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| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian ASSR | |
| In office 16 July 1956 – 18 July 1979 |
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| Preceded by | Otto Ville Kuusinen (SSR) |
| Succeeded by | N. Kalinin |
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | |
| In office 1940–1947 |
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| Preceded by | I.P. Babkin (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Voldemar Virolainen |
| In office 1950–1956 |
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| Preceded by | Voldemar Virolainen |
| Succeeded by | Ivan Stepanovich Belyayev |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1909 Klyushina Gora, Olonets Governorate |
| Died | July 18, 1979 (aged 70) Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish SSR, CPSU |
Pavel Stepanovich Prokkonen (Russian: Павел Степанович Прокконен) (of former family Prokofiev; 16 July 1909 - 18 July 1979) was a Karelian Soviet politician. He was appointed as the Minister of Karelian Affairs for the Finnish Democratic Republic in 1940 (under the name Paavo Prokkonen). Later he was the Chairman of the Council of the People's Commissars of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1947) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (1950-1956) ("prime minister" of the republic).
After the Karelo-Finnish SSR was incorporated into the Russian SFSR as the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1956, Prokkonen was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1979).
Pavel Prokkonen was awarded two times with the Order of Lenin, one time the Order of the Patriotic War second class, two times the Order of the Red Banner of Labour and two times the Order of the Badge of Honor.