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President of Finland

head of state of Finland

9 dated entries naming President of Finland, drawn from 9 separate years between 1867 CE and 2012 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Finnish President in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1867June 4 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and 6th President of Finland (died 1951)source
  • 1900September 3 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (died 1986)source

20th century

  • 1908June 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.source
  • 1930October 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.source
  • 1944August 4 – The Finnish Parliament, by derogation, elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as President of Finland to replace Risto Ryti, who has resigned.source
  • 1951January 27 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th President of Finland (born 1867)source
  • 1981October 26 – Urho Kekkonen, the 8th President of Finland, resigns after being the longest-serving Finnish president since 1956.source
  • 1982January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.source

21st century

  • 2012March 1 – Sauli Niinistö is inaugurated as the 12th President of Finland.source

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