Antti Verner Hackzell (20 September 1881 – 14 January 1946) was a Finnish politician from the
National Coalition Party
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Ideologically, the National Coalition Par ...
and
Prime Minister of Finland
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from August to September 1944.
Career
Hackzell was the Governor of
Viborg Province
Viipuri Province ( fi, Viipurin lääni'', commonly abbreviated'' Vpl, sv, Viborgs län or Wiborgs län, russian: Выборгская губерния) was a historical province of Finland from 1812 to 1945.
History
The predecessor of the ...
(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
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* Sigrid Elmblad (1860–1926), Swedish journalist, poet, transla ...
.
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
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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
Carl Johan Alexis Enckell (7 June 1876 – 26 March 1959) was a Finnish politician, diplomat, officer and businessman.
Enckell followed his father's footsteps in the Russian military and rose to the Imperial Russian Guard. As he was not satisfi ...
, concluded the negotiations.
Family origins
The Hackzell family name derives from the Hacksta family estate, located in Hacksta,
Uppland
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in Sweden. Through Mårten Hackzell, the only child of the
Uppland
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clergyman
Andreas Hackzelius Andreas Laurenitt Hackzelius (born in 1630 in Hacksta, Uppland, Sweden - died on July 7, 1681, in Holm, Uppland, Sweden) was a priest of the Church of Sweden.''Svenska män och kvinnor'' – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.''Svenska män och kvinnor'' – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.''"Book of Coats of Arm"'' by passagen.se. and through Mårten's offspring, the Hackzell family spread to
Norrland
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and
Finland
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.
Cabinets
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Hackzell Cabinet Antti Hackzell's cabinet was the 27th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from September 8, 1944 to October 21, 1944. It was a majority government.
Hackzell's government's main task was to get Finland out of the war again ...