Eero Yrjö Pehkonen was a Finnish politician, born in Liminka. He was a member of the Senate of Finland. Pehkonen was minister of agriculture of Finland from 1920 until 1921 and governor of the provinc
Pehkonen speaking in Oulu in 1943
The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in independent Finland from 1917 to 1918.
The Senate building at the Senate Square in central Helsinki
The coat of arms of the Imperial Finnish Senate.
Count Carl Erik Mannerheim (1759–1837), technically the first "Prime Minister of Finland", has later also become known as great grandfather of Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (President of Finland 1944–1946).