Mauno Pekkala (27 January 1890 – 30 June 1952) was a Finnish statesman and politician who served as

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

from 1946 to 1948. Mauno Pekkala was the brother of Eino Pekkala. Pekkala was a member of 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 ...

and member of several wartime cabinets as

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from December 1939 to February 1942. Pekkala left the party after the

Continuation War The Continuation War, also known as the Second Soviet–Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 ...

. After the war, Pekkala joined the

Finnish People's Democratic League Finnish People's Democratic League (, SKDL; , DFFF) was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. It was founded in 1944 as the anti-communist laws in Finland were repealed due ...

(SKDL), an alliance of communists, socialists and social democrats. He served as the

Minister of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and military forces, found in states where the government is divid ...

between April 1945 and March 1946. He was candidate in the 1950 presidential election, but lost to J. K. Paasikivi. Pekkala also belonged to the

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which worked inside the SKDL.

Cabinets

* Pekkala Cabinet

References