Antti Verner Hackzell (20 September 1881 – 14 January 1946) was a
Finnish politician from the
National Coalition Party
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Founded in 1918, the ...
and
Prime Minister of Finland from August to September 1944.
Career
Hackzell was the Governor of
Viborg Province (1918–1920), the Envoy (later
Chargé d'affaires
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) of Finland to the
Soviet Union
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(1922–1927) and served as the deputy director (1930–1936) and director (1936–1945) of Finnish Employers Association. Hackzell was also the
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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1932–1936 in the cabinet of
Toivo Kivimäki.
In summer 1944 Hackzell was chosen to form a government with the goal of signing a peace treaty with the Soviet Union. Hackzell suffered a stroke in
Savoy Hotel in
Moscow
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while on peace treaty negotiations on 14 September, and he never recovered completely. His minister of foreign affairs,
Carl Enckell, concluded the negotiations.
Family origins
The Hackzell family name derives from the Hacksta family estate, located in Hacksta,
Uppland
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The name literally ...
in
Sweden
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. Through Mårten Hackzell, the only child of the
Uppland
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The name literally ...
clergyman
Andreas Hackzelius,
[''Svenska män och kvinnor'' – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.][ by passagen.se.] and through Mårten's offspring, the Hackzell family spread to
Norrland and
Finland
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.
Cabinets
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Hackzell Cabinet
References
External links
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1881 births
1946 deaths
People from Mikkeli
People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Finnish people of Swedish descent
National Coalition Party politicians
Prime ministers of Finland
Ministers for foreign affairs of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1939–1945)
Finnish people of World War II
University of Helsinki alumni
World War II political leaders
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