Johan Edvard Huttunen (30 July 1889 – 2 May 1943) was a Finnish trade union leader and politician, born in

Viipurin maalaiskunta Viipurin maalaiskunta, , is a former municipality in Finland. It consisted of the rural districts around the city of Viipuri. It was ceded to the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic after Finland's defeat in the Winter War and the Conti ...

. He was a member of the

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from 1924 to 1933 and from 1937 to 1939, representing the

Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders The Communist Party of Finland (, SKP; ) was a communist political party in Finland. The SKP was a section of Comintern and illegal in Finland until 1944. The SKP was banned by the state from its founding and did not participate in any elec ...

until 1926 and the

Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland ( , SDP, nicknamed: ''demarit'' in Finnish; , SD) is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third-largest party in the Parliament of Finland with a total of 43 seats. Founded in 1899 as ...

(SDP) after that. Huttunen was the chairman of the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ) from 1923 to 1925 and of the

Finnish Federation of Trade Unions The Finnish Federation of Trade Unions (, SAK) was a national trade union centre in Finland. The federation was established in 1930, after the Finnish Trade Union Federation (SAJ) was banned. Its initial affiliates were unions which supported the ...

(SAK) from 1930 to 1937. He was a presidential elector in the

1931 Finnish presidential election Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1931. On 15 and 16 January the public elected presidential electors to an electoral college.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p606 They in tur ...

. Huttunen was imprisoned from 1918 to 1920 for having sided with the

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during the

Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...

of 1918.

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1889 births 1943 deaths People from Vyborg District People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Socialist Electoral Organisation of Workers and Smallholders politicians Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (1924–1927) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1927–1929) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1929–1930) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1930–1933) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1936–1939) Finnish trade union leaders People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side) Political prisoners in Finland Finnish prisoners and detainees {{SocialDemocraticPartyFinland-politician-stub