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Liberals (Finland)
Liberal People's Party (from 2001 ''Liberals''; ) was a conservative- liberal political party in Finland, founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. History Originally named Liberal People's Party (), it restyled its name as Liberals () in 2000. Liberals was removed from the party registry in 2007 after the failure to gain a seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections. In 2011, the party dissolved itself as a political party. It continues its basic ideological policy as an independent think tank. Leaders *1965–1968 Mikko Juva *1968–1978 Pekka Tarjanne *1978–1982 Jaakko Itälä *1982–1984 Arne Berner *1984–1990 Kyösti Lallukka *1990–1992 Kaarina Koivistoinen *1992–1993 Kalle Määttä *1993–1995 Tuulikki Ukkola *1995–1997 Pekka Rytilä *1997–2000 Altti Majava *2000–2001 Oili Korkeamäki *2001–2005 Tomi Riihimäki *2005–2008 Ilkka Innamaa *2008–2011 Kimmo Eriksson *2011–2011 Jouni Fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaarina Koivistoinen
Kaarina (; , i.e. " Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Kaarina is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the second largest municipality in the Southwest Finland region after Turku. Kaarina has an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingual Finnish, with a Swedish minority and a Swedish comprehensive school. Bilingualism was proposed but rejected in 2015. The famous artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. Kaarina has a football team called Kaarinan Pojat. The Kino Piispanristi is the largest independent cinema in Southwest Finland. The municipality of Kuusisto was merged with Kaarina in 1946. The municipality of Piikkiö was merged with Kaarina in 2009. At the same time, Kaarina adopted Piikkiö's coat of arms. Climate Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 18 and 19 March 1979.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 Background Prime Minister Martti Miettunen's centrist minority government (Centre Party, Swedish People's Party and Liberal Party) resigned in May 1977, and Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democrat Kalevi Sorsa returned to office as Prime Minister after having served two years earlier. He formed a centre-left majority government, which stimulated the economy by deficit spending, tax cuts to businesses and some public works projects. The economy started to grow again in 1978, after a two-year recession; unemployment peaked at 8.5% (about 200,000 unemployed) in 1978 and inflation remained high. Results By electoral district Aftermath The National Coalition Party had conducted a vigorous election campaign, demanding to be allowed to re-join the government after thirteen years in the opposition. They reape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 21 and 22 September 1975. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 Background Prime Minister Kalevi Sorsa's Social Democratic Party government survived until June 1975. It resigned because of internal disagreements over the ways to combat Finland's recession, which had largely been caused by the 1973 oil crisis, as well as the government's increased spending and taxes. The Social Democrats and Centre Party also disagreed on regional policy over the extent to which the national government should re-distribute power and tax revenues to cities, towns and administrative provinces. President Urho Kekkonen had gradually become dissatisfied with the performance of Prime Minister Sorsa, Finance Minister Johannes Virolainen and Foreign Minister Ahti Karjalainen: either they were not competent, diligent or courageous enough, or they spent too much time in partisan disputes, or - in Virolainen's case, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 and 3 January 1972. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 Background Prime Minister Ahti Karjalainen's centre-left coalition government lost the Finnish People's Democratic League in March 1971 as they opposed the removal of government subsidies from certain foods whose prices rose, and was forced to resign in October 1971, due to the disagreements between the Social Democratic Party and the Centre Party over the amount of agricultural subsidies. According to some historians, politicians and journalists, such as Allan Tiitta, Seppo Zetterberg, Johannes Virolainen, Veikko Vennamo and Pekka Hyvärinen, an underlying reason for these early parliamentary elections was President Urho Kekkonen's desire to continue in office without regular presidential elections which had been scheduled for 1974. Re-election as President through exceptional means would require a five-sixths majority in Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1970. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 Background Mauno Koivisto had replaced Rafael Paasio as leader of the Social Democratic Party and Prime Minister in March 1968. His government was very broad-based, including the Social Democrats, the Centre Party, the Finnish People's Democratic League, the Swedish People's Party and the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders, with over four-fifths of MPs belonging to the governing parties. Koivisto's government implemented some liberal reforms, including the sale of medium-strength beer in grocery stores and kiosks, and elective abortion (allowed also for social reasons, in addition to medical ones). The government helped the Finnish economy to grow by pursuing its predecessor's policies of subsidising export companies and fixed-term public works or government-funded jobs. Centralized incomes agreements between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1966 Finnish Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 20 and 21 March 1966.Dieter Nohlen, Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 The Social Democratic Party of Finland, Social Democratic Party (SDP) overtook the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party as the largest faction in Parliament of Finland, Parliament. Rafael Paasio of the SDP subsequently became Prime Minister and formed Paasio I Cabinet, a popular front government consisting of the SDP, the Centre Party, the Finnish People's Democratic League, People's Democratic League (SKDL), and the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders (TPSL) in May 1966.Allan Tiitta and Seppo Zetterberg (1992) ''Finland Through the Ages'', Reader's Digest Background Prior to the elections, Centre Party Prime Minister Johannes Virolainen had led Virolainen Cabinet, a centre-right coalition government since September 1964. Meanwhile, Paasio had moved the SDP further to the left in order to attract back vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimmo Eriksson
Kimmo is a Finnish given name for males. Notable people with the name include: * Kimmo Kapanen (born 1974), Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender * Kimmo Kiljunen (born 1951), member of the Finnish parliament * Kimmo Kinnunen (born 1968), former Finnish javelin thrower * Kimmo Koskenniemi, inventor of two-level models for computational phonology and morphology * Kimmo Kuhta (born 1975), Finnish professional ice hockey forward * Kimmo Leinonen (born 1949), Finnish ice hockey executive and writer * Kimmo Lotvonen (born 1976), defenceman for the Timrå IK hockey team * Kimmo Pohjonen (born 1964), Finnish accordionist * Kimmo Sasi (1952–2025), Finnish politician and lawyer * Kimmo Tauriainen (1972–2025), Finnish footballer * Kimmo Timonen (born 1975), professional ice hockey defenceman * Kimmo Wilska Kimmo Wilska (born 5 August 1956 in Helsinki) is an English-speaking Finnish newscaster. He worked at YLE from 1985 until 2010 in YLE's morning broadcast, and read the Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilkka Innamaa
Ilkka may refer to: * Ilkka (given name) Ilkka is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: *Ilkka Alanko (born 1969), Finnish musician * Ilkka Auer (1930–2013), Finnish middle-distance runner * Ilkka Hakalehto (1936–2009), Finnish historian and politician ..., Finnish given name * ''Ilkka'' (newspaper), Finnish newspaper {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomi Riihimäki
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Tomi may refer to: * Constanța, a city in Romania, also known as Tomis or Tomi * Tomi, Okayama, a village in Japan * Tōmi, Nagano, a city in Japan * Tomi (name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * ''Tomi'' (film), a 1936 Hungarian drama film * Tomi Village, a fictional Okinawan village that was the primary setting of the 1986 American motion picture '' The Karate Kid Part II'' See also * Tomie is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It centers on a mysterious, beautiful woman named Tomie Kawakami. The manga was Ito's first published work that he originally submitted to ''Monthly Halloween'', a Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altti Majava
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s * Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Music, an Australian music company now known as Alberts ** Albert Productions, a record label * Albert (organisation), an environmental organisation concerning film and television productions Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (album), by Ed Hall, 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' People * Albert (given name) * Albert (surname) * Prince Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |