{"slug": "president-of-finland", "label": "President of Finland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Finland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29558", "qid": "Q29558", "description": "head of state of Finland", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [1873, 2024], "span_label": ["1873 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shanxi", "label": "Shanxi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nobel-peace-prize", "label": "Nobel Peace Prize", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1873, "year_label": "1873 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – Kyösti Kallio, Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1940)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370305657#March–April", "title": "1873", "revid": 1370305657, "section": "Births › March–April"}}, {"year": 1873, "year_label": "1873 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (b. 1832)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370305657#July–December", "title": "1873", "revid": 1370305657, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Risto Ryti, Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1956)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#February", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Births › February"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373317536#September", "title": "1900", "revid": 1373317536, "section": "Births › September"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, a future President of Finland, meets the 13th Dalai Lama in Shanxi, China, becoming only the third European to be granted an audience with him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#June", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Ståhlberg kidnapping: The former and first President of Finland, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement but released unharmed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#October", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Martti Ahtisaari, 10th President of Finland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2023)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#June", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Births › June"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmerman, banker, 8th Prime Minister of Finland and 4th President of Finland (b. 1873)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#December", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Deaths › December"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August", "text": "The Finnish Parliament, by derogation, elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as President of Finland to replace Risto Ryti, who has resigned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#August", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Urho Kekkonen, the 8th President of Finland, resigns after being the longest-serving Finnish president since 1956.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#October", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#January", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Sauli Niinistö is inaugurated as the 12th President of Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#March", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – 2018 Finnish presidential election: Incumbent president Sauli Niinistö is reelected on the first round of voting.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#January", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – 2024 Finnish presidential election: In the closest presidential election in Finnish history, Alexander Stubb is elected president in the second round.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#February", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › February"}}]}