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Antti Verner Hackzell (20 September 1881 – 14 January 1946) was a Finnish politician from the
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and Prime Minister of Finland from August to September 1944.


Career

Hackzell was the Governor of Viborg Province (1918–1920), the Envoy (later
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) of Finland to the
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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
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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
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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,
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in
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. Through Mårten Hackzell, the only child of the
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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
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.


Cabinets

* Hackzell Cabinet


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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 {{NationalCoalition-politician-stub