Kekkonen I Cabinet

Urho Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 17, 1950 to January 17, 1951. It was Minority government. Kekkonen's first cabinet's foreign policy meant a turn in Finnish-Soviet relationships.

Kekkonen took bigger role in Soviet relationship's than president Paasikivi and signed the Soviet sponsored World Peace Council's Act about banning atomic weapons. In June 1950 Kekkonen travelled to Moscow to agree about the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade.

Cabinet's problems were big inflation which started from the Korean War and labour union's demands. Main Labour Union's treat the government with general strike two times and agrarian union's refused to raise any salaries of their employees if milk and grain prices don't go up.

Ministers

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Urho KekkonenMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Minister of Foreign Affairs Åke GartzMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Independent
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sakari TuomiojaMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951National Progressive
Minister of Justice Heikki KannistoMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951National Progressive
Minister of Defence Kustaa TiituMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Minister of the Interior Urho KekkonenMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Deputy Minister of the Interior Lauri RiikonenMarch 17, 1950September 30, 1950Agrarian
 Johannes VirolainenSeptember 30, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Minister of Finance Vieno Johannes SukselainenMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Deputy Minister of Finance Nils MeinanderMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Swedish People's
Minister of Education Lennart HeljasMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Minister of Agriculture Taavi VilhulaMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Eemil LuukkaMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Minister of Transport and Public Works Martti MiettunenMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works Kauno KleemolaMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
 Lauri RiikonenMarch 24, 1950March 31, 1950Agrarian
 Vihtori VesterinenMarch 31, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
Minister of Trade and Industry Sakari TuomiojaMarch 17, 1950September 30, 1950National Progressive
 Teuvo AuraSeptember 30, 1950January 17, 1951National Progressive
Minister of Social Affairs Ralf TörngrenMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Swedish People's
Deputy Minister of Interior Vihtori VesterinenMarch 17, 1950January 17, 1951Agrarian
 Kauno KleemolaMarch 24, 1950September 30, 1950Agrarian
 Teuvo AuraSeptember 30, 1950January 17, 1951National Progressive
Preceded by
Fagerholm I		 Cabinet of Finland
March 17, 1950–January 17, 1951 		Succeeded by
Kekkonen II