Onni Hiltunen

Onni Alfred Hiltunen (26 November 1895 8 June 1971) was a Finnish politician, minister in several cabinets and chairman of the Social Democratic Party.[1]

Onni Hiltunen
Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
In office
4 December 1958  13 January 1959
Prime MinisterKarl-August Fagerholm
Preceded byJohannes Virolainen
Succeeded byRalf Törngren
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office
29 August 1958  13 January 1959
Prime MinisterKarl-August Fagerholm
Preceded byLauri Kivekäs
Succeeded byAhti Karjalainen
Minister of Finance
In office
17 January 1951  20 September 1951
Prime MinisterUrho Kekkonen
Preceded byV. J. Sukselainen
Succeeded byViljo Rantala
In office
29 July 1948  17 March 1950
Prime MinisterKarl-August Fagerholm
Preceded byRalf Törngren
Succeeded byV. J. Sukselainen
In office
8 August 1944  17 November 1944
Prime MinisterAntti Hackzell
Urho Castrén
Preceded byVäinö Tanner
Succeeded byJohan Helo
Member of the Finnish Parliament
In office
21 October 1930  19 February 1962
ConstituencyNorthern Savonia
Personal details
Born
Onni Alfred Hiitunen

(1895-11-26)26 November 1895
Jyväskylä, Finland
Died8 June 1971(1971-06-08) (aged 75)
Varkaus, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic

Hiltunen was born in Jyväskylä. He worked as railwayman and was later a shopkeeper. He worked at a social democratic paper in Varkaus 1931–1946. Hiltunen was elected to the parliament for terms between 1930 and 1962 first from Northern and later from Southern Savonia electoral district.

Hiltunen was chairman of the Social Democratic Party between 1944 and 1946. He hold several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance 1944, 1948–1950, 1951,[2] Minister of Trade and Industry[3] and Deputy Prime Minister 1958–1959, Minister of Finance 1945–1946, 1946–1948.

He was chairman of KELA 1951–1961.

References

  1. "Edustajamatrikkeli". Eduskunta.
  2. "Council of State - Ministers of Finance". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  3. "Finnish Government - Ministers of Trade and Industry". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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