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Kyösti Kallio

1873 - 1940

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Kyösti Kallio (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkyø̯sti ˈkɑlːio], 10 April 1873 – 19 December 1940) was a Finnish politician who served as the fourth president of Finland from 1937 to 1940. His presidency included leading the country through the Winter War; while he relinquished the post of commander-in-chief to Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, he played a role as a spiritual leader. After the war, he became both the first President of Finland to resign and the only one to die in office, dying of a heart attack while returning home after submitting his resignation. Kallio was the only president of Finland who did not have an academic or similar degree. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kyösti Kallio is the 2,975th most popular politician (up from 3,001st in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Finland (up from 28th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Finnish Politician.

Kyösti Kallio was a Finnish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Finland from 1931 to 1937. He was also the leader of the Agrarian League, which was the largest political party in Finland at the time.

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Among politicians, Kyösti Kallio ranks 2,975 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Benedikte of Denmark, Alcinous, Anastasia Romanovna, Léon Gambetta, Zhao Gao, and Vladimír Mečiar. After him are Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, Necho I, Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Louis I of Spain, Al-Muqtadir, and Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Kyösti Kallio ranks 28. Before him are Max Reger, Alexander Bogdanov, G. E. Moore, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Francisco I. Madero, and Pavlo Skoropadskyi. After him are Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reinhardt, William McMaster Murdoch, Félix d'Herelle, John Flanagan, and Feodor Chaliapin. Among people deceased in 1940, Kyösti Kallio ranks 26. Before him are Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Wladimir Köppen, Spyridon Louis, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Gerda Wegener, and Jesse Livermore. After him are Lluís Companys, Eugène Dubois, Italo Balbo, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Vito Volterra, and Katharina Schratt.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kyösti Kallio ranks 26 out of 751. Before him are Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Aki Kaurismäki (1957), Mikael Agricola (1510), Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Mauno Koivisto (1923), and Arto Paasilinna (1942). After him are Helene Schjerfbeck (1862), Linus Torvalds (1969), Lars Ahlfors (1907), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), George Gaynes (1917), and Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Kyösti Kallio ranks 9. Before him are Urho Kekkonen (1900), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), and Mauno Koivisto (1923). After him are Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), Antti Aarne (1867), and Alexander Stubb (1968).

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