Leo Reinhold Ehrnrooth (10 March 1877 in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

– 26 July 1951 in

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) was a Finnish

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from

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. He was a member of the

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. He served as Minister of Trade and Industry in 1920, and as

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from March 1943 to August 1944.

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1877 births 1951 deaths Politicians from Helsinki Politicians from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Finnish people of German descent Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians Finnish senators Ministers of trade and industry of Finland Ministers of the interior of Finland Members of the Diet of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1907–1908) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–1909) Members of the Parliament of Finland (1916–1917) University of Helsinki alumni

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