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Urho Kekkonen

1900 - 1986

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Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈurho ˈkɑleʋɑ ˈkekːonen] ; 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. He was the third and most recent president from the Agrarian League/Centre Party. Head of state for nearly 26 years, he dominated Finnish politics for 31 years overall. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urho Kekkonen is the 1,446th most popular politician (up from 1,470th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Finland (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Finnish Politician.

Urho Kekkonen was the president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He is most famous for being the first Finnish president to visit the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Urho Kekkonen ranks 1,446 out of 19,576. Before him are Samo, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Jiang Qing, Edith Wilson, Vladimir II Monomakh, and Antiochus V Eupator. After him are Astyages, Shang Yang, Hermann Müller, Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, George Tupou V, and Kara Mustafa Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Urho Kekkonen ranks 24. Before him are Heinrich Müller, Eyvind Johnson, Giorgos Seferis, Adlai Stevenson II, Margaret Mitchell, and Vasily Chuikov. After him are Adolf Dassler, Jacques Prévert, Maria of Yugoslavia, Sándor Márai, Richard Kuhn, and Ragnar Granit. Among people deceased in 1986, Urho Kekkonen ranks 15. Before him are Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, Robert S. Mulliken, Jean Genet, and Frank Herbert. After him are Edward Adelbert Doisy, Cliff Burton, Joseph Beuys, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Alva Myrdal, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Urho Kekkonen ranks 10 out of 751. Before him are Jean Sibelius (1865), Tove Jansson (1914), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Paavo Nurmi (1897), Tarja Halonen (1943), and Elias Lönnrot (1802). After him are Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832), Mika Waltari (1908), and Ragnar Granit (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Urho Kekkonen ranks 3. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), and Tarja Halonen (1943). After him are Sauli Niinistö (1948), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917).

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