Martti Miettunen

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Valtioneuvos (Counselor of State) Martti Miettunen

Miettunen speaks to Urho Kekkonen
Prime Minister of Finland
In office 14 July 1961 – 13 April 1962
Deputy	Eemil Luukka
Preceded by	V. J. Sukselainen
Succeeded by	Ahti Karjalainen
In office 30 November 1975 – 15 May 1977
Deputy	Kalevi Sorsa (1975–1976) Ahti Karjalainen (1976–1977)
Preceded by	Keijo Liinamaa
Succeeded by	Kalevi Sorsa
Minister of Agriculture
In office 17 January 1951 – 16 November 1953
Preceded by	Taavi Vilhula
Succeeded by	Kalle Jutila
In office 3 March 1956 – 1 July 1957
Preceded by	Viljami Kalliokoski
Succeeded by	Kusti Eskola
In office 29 August 1958 – 13 November 1958
Preceded by	Pauli Lehtosalo
Succeeded by	Urho Kähönen
In office 22 March 1968 – 13 May 1970
Preceded by	Nestori Kaasalainen
Succeeded by	Nils Westermarck
Minister of Transport and Public Works
In office 17 March 1950 – 16 January 1951
Preceded by	Onni Peltonen
Succeeded by	Onni Peltonen
In office 5 May 1954 – 2 March 1956
Preceded by	Ralph Erik Serlachius
Succeeded by	Eino Palovesi
Minister of Finance
In office 2 July 1957 – 28 November 1957
Preceded by	Nils Meinander
Succeeded by	Lauri Hietanen
Personal details
Born	(1907-04-17)17 April 1907 Simo, Finland
Died	19 January 2002(2002-01-19) (aged 94) near Helsinki, Finland
Political party	Centre Party

Martti Juhani Miettunen (17 April 1907 – 19 January 2002), was a politician in Finland. He was prime minister in 1961–1962 and 1975–1977.^[1]

Miettunen was born in Simo, the son of a smallholder. He studied agriculture and worked as a farmer and a agricultural advisor before his political career.^[2] He was a lawmaker in the Agrarian Party from 1945 to 1958, and was also Governor of the Province of Lapland from 1958 to 1973. He was awarded the honorary title of Counsellor of State in 1977.^[2]

He died at the age of 94 in the Kauniainen military hospital near Helsinki in 2002.^[2]

Miettunen served as a cabinet minister for 4,300 days, the eighth-longest in Finnish political history. He was known also as President Urho Kekkonen's right-hand man.

References

↑ "Ministerikortisto". Valtioneuvosto.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 {hnro}=910096&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki Martti Miettunen at the Parliament of Finland

Political offices
Preceded by Jussi Sukselainen	Prime Ministers of Finland 1961–1962	Succeeded by Ahti Karjalainen
Preceded by Keijo Liinamaa	Prime Ministers of Finland 1975–1977	Succeeded by Kalevi Sorsa

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 72689117 LCCN: n80047432

Persondata
Name	Miettunen, Martti
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	17 April 1907
Place of birth	Simo, Finland
Date of death	19 January 2002
Place of death	near Helsinki, Finland

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