Kaarlo Castrén

Kaarlo Castrén (28 February 1860 – 19 November 1938) was a Finnish politician and Prime Minister of Finland.[1] He represented the National Progressive Party.

Kaarlo Castrén
4th Prime Minister of Finland
In office 17 April 1919 – 15 August 1919
President	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Preceded by	Lauri Ingman
Succeeded by	Juho Vennola
Minister of Finance
In office 27 November 1918 – 17 April 1919
Prime Minister	Lauri Ingman
Preceded by	Juhani Arajärvi
Succeeded by	August Ramsay
Personal details
Born	28 February 1860 Turtola, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	19 November 1938(1938-11-19) (aged 78) Helsinki, Finland
Political party	National Progressive

Castrén was born in Turtola and graduated in 1887 as a Bachelor of Law. From 1888 to 1892, he worked in the finance division of the Senate of Finland, and from 1888 to 1898 in the Castrén & Snellman attorneys-at-law office.

From 1892 to 1904, Castrén was a member of the board in the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank. He attended the state board meetings in 1894 and from 1905 to 1906. He was Senator from 1908 to 1909, after which he founded an attorney-at-law office. In 1916, Castrén was elected as the director of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki.

In November 1918, Castrén was named Minister of Finance.[2] He served as Prime Minister of Finland from 17 April to 15 August 1919. His government gave a proposal of the republic form of government in Finland, and after the proposal was accepted, the government disbanded.

Castrén died in Helsinki.