Väinö Hakkila

Väinö Hakkila

Väinö Hakkila (29 June 1882, in Lempäälä – 18 July 1958, in Orivesi) was a Finnish politician from Social Democratic Party of Finland.

Hakkila was elected into Parliament for terms of 1919 – 1945 and 1948 – 1957. He was deputy speaker from 1929 to 1932 and speaker of the parliament from 1936 to 1945, including wartime period.^[1] He was minister of justice in Tanner cabinet from 1926 to 1927 and the first Social Democratic municipality major of Tampere for more than thirty years, 1920-1952.

Hakkila, as one of the victims of Lapua Movement, was kidnapped and beaten in July 1930.

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