Aarre Edvard Simonen (18 November 1913,

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– 3 February 1977) was a Finnish lawyer and politician. He served as

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

from 29 July 1948 to 16 March 1950, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications from 24 March 1949 to 16 March 1950,

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from 20 October to 6 November 1954,

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from 20 October 1954 to 3 March 1956,

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from 3 March 1956 to 26 May 1957,

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from 2 September to 31 October 1957 and again as Minister of Justice from 27 May 1966 to 13 May 1970. He was a member of the

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from 1951 to 1962. Simonen began his political career in the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP, fi, Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue ; sv, Finlands socialdemokratiska parti), shortened to the Social Democrats ( fi, link=no, Sosiaalidemokraatit; sv, link=no, Socialdemokrater) and commonly kno ...

(SDP). He was later among the founders of the

Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders ( fi, Työväen ja Pienviljelijäin Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto, TPSL) was a political party in Finland. TPSL originated as a fraction of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, headed by Emil ...

(TPSL) and served as its chairman from 1964 to 1970. When the majority within the TPSL decided in 1973 to rejoin the SDP, Simonen belonged to the minority which opposed the decision and went on to found the Socialist Workers Party (STP). He was a member in the Board of

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until 1976.

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1913 births 1977 deaths Politicians from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders politicians Socialist Workers Party (Finland) politicians Deputy Prime Ministers of Finland Ministers of the Interior of Finland Ministers of Justice of Finland Ministers of Trade and Industry of Finland Ministers of Finance of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–54) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1954–58) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1958–62) Finnish military personnel of World War II University of Helsinki alumni Central bankers {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub