Juho Kusti Paasikivi

President of Finland

Johan Gustaf Hellsten 27 November 1870 Koski Hl, Grand Duchy of Finland

14 December 1956(1956-12-14) (86) Helsinki, Finland

11 March 1946 – 1 March 1956

Seventh President of Finland (1946-56) Juho Kusti Paasikivi7th President of FinlandIn office 11 March 1946 – 1 March 1956Prime Minister Mauno Pekkala Karl-August Fagerholm Urho Kekkonen Sakari Tuomioja Ralf TörngrenPreceded by C. G. E. MannerheimSucceeded by Urho Kekkonen2nd Prime Minister of FinlandIn office 17 November 1944 – 9 March 1946PresidentCarl Gustaf Emil MannerheimPreceded by Urho CastrénSucceeded by Mauno PekkalaIn office 27 May 1918 – 27 November 1918Preceded by Pehr Evind SvinhufvudSucceeded by Lauri IngmanChairman of the Senate of FinlandIn office 27 May 1918 – 27 November 1918Preceded by Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Personal detailsBornJohan Gustaf Hellsten (1870-11-27 ) 27 November 1870 Koski Hl, Grand Duchy of FinlandDied14 December 1956(1956-12-14) (aged 86) Helsinki, FinlandResting placeHietaniemi CemeteryNationalityFinnishPolitical partyFinnish Party National Coalition PartySpouse(s)Anna Matilda Forsman (desc.) Allina (Alli) ValveChildren4Alma materImperial Alexander University (now University of Helsinki)Professionstatesman, professor, attorneySignature Juho Kusti Paasikivi (Finnish pronunciation:  ; 27 November 1870 – 14 December 1956) was the seventh President of Finland (1946–1956). Representing the Finnish Party and the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister of Finland (1918 and 1944–1946). In addition to the above, Paasikivi held several other positions of trust, and was an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years. Paasikivi is remembered as a main architect of Finland's foreign policy after the Second World War; for example, the Paasikivi Society (Paasikivi-seura), founded in 1958 under the leadership of Jan-Magnus Jansson, sought to nurture Paasikivi's political legacy, especially during the Cold War, by promoting fact-based foreign policy thinking in Finland and making Finland's policy of neutrality internationally known.