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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Head of the Finnish Senate who declared independence and sought German intervention in the civil war Government and administration · Finland state institutions 1861–1944
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg Jurist who shaped Finland’s republican constitution and, as its first president, sought to reconcile the defeated Reds Government and administration · Finland state institutions 1865–1952
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Aristocratic soldier who rose from Russian Imperial lieutenant general to Marshal of Finland, facing the Soviet Union in two wars Military command · Finland state institutions 1867–1951
Kyösti Kallio Kyösti Kallio A president shaped by agrarian reform and wartime compromise Agriculture and land policy · Finland state institutions 1873–1940
Oskari Tokoi Oskari Tokoi Finnish labour leader who became the world’s first Social Democratic head of government and then joined the Red government Government and administration · Finland state institutions 1873–1963
Aimo Cajander Aimo Cajander Finnish forest scientist and statesman who built forest-type theory and led the cabinet on the eve of war Government and administration · Finland state institutions 1879–1943
Aarno Sakari Armas Yrjö-Koskinen Aarno Armas Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen Finland’s diplomat in Moscow on the eve of war Diplomacy and international organization · Finland state institutions 1885–1951
Risto Heikki Ryti Risto Ryti Finnish president who, as wartime prime minister, negotiated the Moscow Peace Treaty Government and administration · Finland state institutions 1889–1956
Erik Heinrichs Axel Erik Heinrichs A Finnish general at the boundary of war and diplomacy Military command · Finland state institutions 1890–1965
Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo Hjalmar Fridolf Siilasvuo Finnish Jäger lieutenant general who destroyed two Soviet divisions at Suomussalmi with motti tactics Military command · Finland state institutions 1892–1947
Jukka Rangell Jukka Rangell Prime minister who declared Finland at war in 1941 and was later convicted in the war-responsibility trials Economy, finance and planning · Finland state institutions 1894–1982
Eljas Erkko Eljas Erkko Finnish foreign minister who dismissed Stalin's demands as a bluff and overruled Mannerheim's counsel to compromise Diplomacy and international organization · Finland state institutions 1895–1965
Paavo Talvela Paavo Talvela Mannerheim's secret envoy to Berlin who brokered the German-Finnish military pact that led to the Continuation War Military command · Finland state institutions 1897–1973