Lars Sebastian "Basse" Lindeman (23 March 1920 in Viipuri – 14 September 2006 in

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) was a Finnish politician and ambassador. Lindeman completed his degree in agricultural engineering in 1944. He worked in the municipality of Ingå since 1945 and as a representative of the Finlands Svenska Arbetarförbund since 1947. He was a

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MP from the Uusimaa constituency between 1958 and 1976, after which he became Ambassador to

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and

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between 1976 and 1984 and to

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in 1984-1985. He was the second Minister of Agriculture in Paasio I Cabinet from 1966 to 1968.

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