Centre Party (Finland)
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The Centre Party, officially the Centre Party of Finland, is an agrarian political party in Finland. Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre of the political spectrum. It has been
Santeri Alkio, the ideological father of the Centre Party.
Finland's centrist president Kyösti Kallio on a Christmas 1939 visit to a military hospital.
Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (2010–2014) and the candidate supported by the centre in the 2024 election.
A Centre Party campaign in Jyväskylä.
Urho Kekkonen
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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 minis
Centre Party (Finland)
…four major political parties in Finland, alongside the SDP, the National Coalition Party and the Finnish People's Democratic League until the 1980s. Urho Kekkonen served as President of Finland from 1956 to 1982, by far the longest period of any president. The name Centre Party was adopted in 1965 and Centre of…
Kekkonen in 1975
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Juho Kekkonen, Urho Kekkonen's father
Kekkonen was born in a humble, small log cabin called Lepikon torppa in Pielavesi.