Urho Kaleva Kekkonen - Hietaniemi Cemetery - Helsinki, Finland - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

"Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3 1900 – August 31 1986) was the President of Finland between 1956 and 1982. He was also Prime Minister of Finland before that.

Kekkonen was born in Pielavesi. He took part of the Finnish Civil War. He studied law and then worked in the Finnish secret police. He opposed the Communists and later fascists.

Kekkonen became the Interior Minister in 1937, and he then tried to ban the fascist party IKL.

After Second World War, in the year 1950 Kekkonen became the first time Prime Minister of Finland. He tried to keep good relations with the Soviet Union like president Juho Kusti Paasikivi.

The foreign policy doctrine established by Paasikivi and Kekkonen, The "Paasikivi-Kekkonen line", aimed at Finland's survival as an independent sovereign, democratic, and capitalist country in the immediate proximity of the Soviet Union.

Kekkonen was elected the President of Finland in 1956, after president Paasikivi. He tried to keep Finland neutral country, which means it was not part of any military alliance like NATO or Warsaw Pact in Cold War.

Urho Kekkonen led the underwriting of the Helsinki Accords of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe between European countries, United States and Soviet Union in 1975.

Kekkonen became sick in 1981 and gave up the presidency.

He died in 1986, aged 86."

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"Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3. syyskuuta 1900 Pielavesi – 31. elokuuta 1986 Helsinki) oli suomalainen poliitikko ja kahdeksas Suomen tasavallan presidentti. Hän oli tasavallan istuva presidentti yhtäjaksoisesti vuodesta 1956 alkuvuoteen 1982, yli 25 vuoden ajan. Viimeinen presidenttikausi jäi kesken sairauden takia.

Kekkonen on Suomen historian pitkäaikaisin presidentti. Hän on ensimmäinen henkilö, joka toimi tasavallan presidenttinä kaksi kokonaista kautta ja ainoa, joka on valittu toimeensa useammaksi kuin kahdeksi kaudeksi, mikä ei perustuslakiin eli entiseen Suomen hallitusmuotoon myöhemmin tehdyn muutoksen ja nykyisen Suomen perustuslain mukaan olisi enää mahdollistakaan. Kekkonen toimi myös pääministerinä viisi kertaa. Presidentin valitsijamiehenä, kansanedustajana ja ministerinä Kekkonen oli valitsemassa Kyösti Kalliota vuonna 1937, Risto Rytiä vuosina 1940 ja 1943, Gustaf Mannerheimia vuonna 1944 sekä J. K. Paasikiveä vuonna 1946"

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Description: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland. He ruled over Finland for nearly 26 years, and held a questionably large amount of power; he is often classified as an autocrat. Date of birth: 09/03/1900 Date of death: 08/31/1986 Area of notoriety: Politics Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: 24h Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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