Tor Nils Hilding Meinander (4 August 1910 – 3 July 1985) was a Finnish economist, journalist and politician, born in Ekenäs. He was a member of the

Parliament of Finland The Parliament of Finland ( ; ) is the Unicameralism, unicameral and Parliamentary sovereignty, supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that ...

from 1945 to 1962, representing the

Swedish People's Party of Finland The Swedish People's Party of Finland (SPP; , SFP; , RKP) is a Finnish political party founded in 1906. Its primary aim is to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finland. The party is currently a participant i ...

. He served as Deputy Minister of Finance from 17 March 1950 to 17 January 1951 and 9 July to 17 November 1953 and as

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and

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from 27 May to 2 July 1957. He was a presidential elector in the

1950 Finnish presidential election Two-stage presidential elections were held in Finland in 1950, the first time the public had been involved in a presidential election since 1937 Finnish presidential election, 1937 as three non-popular elections had taken place in 1940 Finnish pr ...

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