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Urho Kaleva Kekkonen [a] (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as prime minister (1950–1953, 1954–1956), and held various other cabinet positions. [1]
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3. syyskuuta 1900 Pielavesi – 31. elokuuta 1986 Helsinki) oli suomalainen poliitikko ja kahdeksas Suomen tasavallan presidentti. Hän oli tasavallan presidentti yhtäjaksoisesti vuodesta 1956 alkuvuoteen 1982, yli 25 vuoden ajan.
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (born Sept. 3, 1900, Pielavesi, Fin.—died Aug. 31, 1986, Helsinki) was a Finnish prime minister (1950–53, 1954–56) and president (1956–81), noted for his Soviet-oriented neutrality.
Kekkonen soon developed relations with the East as his most important political tool, which he used time and time again to ward off attempts both to bring down his cabinets and to oust him from the office of prime minister and later president. The newly incumbent President Urho Kekkonen at the Presidential Palace on 1 March 1956.
Five terms as president placed Urho Kekkonen amongst the foremost figures in Finnish political history. What puts him in the very first position is the way in which he wielded power: a skilled tactician, he demonstrated absolute mastery of the whole field of politics; from foreign policy to the handling of academic organisations, from the ...
Poliisi, järjestö- ja lehtimies. Nuoruuden tärkeimpien muovautumisvuosien ajan Urho Kekkonen oli työkokemukseltaan poliisi ja harrastuksiltaan järjestö- ja lehtimies. Asevelvollisuutensa hän suoritti Helsingin autopataljoonassa. Helsinkiin 1921 muuttaneen Kekkosen elämä jakautui selvästi kahtaalle.
Aug 31, 1986 · Urho K. Kekkonen, Finland's President for more than 25 years, until an incompacitating illness forced his retirement in 1981, died early today at his home in Helsinki. He was 85...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Urho Kekkonen (1900-1986) was Finland's president from 1956 to 1981. He kept the nation on a steady political course, despite continuing to keep that nation actively politically neutral to assure peaceful relations with its powerful neighbor, the Soviet Union. This policy became known as "Finlandization" by detractors.
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as prime minister, and held various other cabinet positions.
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (pronounced [ˈurho ˈkekːonen] ; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was the President of Finland between 1956 and 1982. He was also the Prime Minister of Finland before that.
