Nestor Johannes "Nestori" Kaasalainen (14 February 1915 – 1 March 2016) was a
Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's Minister of Agriculture, whose active career spanned the 1950s and 1960s. He was elected from his home town of Tyrvää (later Vammala, the six rural union (later Keskustan) parliamentary district, he represented the northern election of Turku county. After his career as a member of parliament, he moved from 1972 to 1980 as an administrative director and member of the board of directors at
Alko
Alko Inc is the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly in Finland. It is the only store in the country which retails beer over 8% ABV, wine (except in vineyards) and spirits. Alcoholic beverages are also sold in licensed restaurants an ...
.
Kaasalainen died in
Sipoo
Sipoo (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The population density is
. The administrative center of the municipality i ...
on 1 March 2016 at the age of 101.
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1915 births
2016 deaths
People from Priozersky District
People from Sipoo
Politicians from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Centre Party (Finland) politicians
Ministers of agriculture of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1951–1954)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1954–1958)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1958–1962)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1962–1966)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1966–1970)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1970–1972)
Finnish men centenarians
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