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Kyösti Kallio

1873 - 1940

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Kyösti Kallio (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkyø̯sti ˈkɑlːio]; 10 April 1873 – 19 December 1940) was a Finnish politician who served as the fourth president of Finland from 1937 to 1940. His presidency included leading the country through the Winter War; while he relinquished the post of commander-in-chief to Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, he played a role as a spiritual leader. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kyösti Kallio has received more than 385,685 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Kyösti Kallio is the 3,001st most popular politician (up from 3,399th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Finland (up from 33rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Finnish Politician.

Kyösti Kallio was a Finnish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Finland from 1931 to 1937. He was also the leader of the Agrarian League, which was the largest political party in Finland at the time.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kyösti Kallio ranks 3,001 out of 19,576. Before him are Merenre Nemtyemsaf II, Wittiza, Konrad Henlein, Cardinal de Rohan, Huáscar, and Bardiya. After him are Philippa of England, Ferhat Abbas, Al-Muntasir, Philotas, Nexhmije Hoxha, and Luigi Einaudi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Kyösti Kallio ranks 25. Before him are Max Reger, Spyridon Louis, Sándor Ferenczi, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, William McMaster Murdoch, and Francisco I. Madero. After him are Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Christian Rakovsky, Feodor Chaliapin, Ejnar Hertzsprung, and Ivanoe Bonomi. Among people deceased in 1940, Kyösti Kallio ranks 26. Before him are John Buchan, Italo Balbo, Spyridon Louis, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, and Gerda Wegener. After him are Lluís Companys, Vsevolod Meyerhold, Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, Michael Hainisch, Eugène Dubois, and Édouard Vuillard.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Kyösti Kallio ranks 28 out of 751. Before him are Vissarion Belinsky (1811), Arto Paasilinna (1942), Johan Gadolin (1760), Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865), Ragnar Granit (1900), and Linus Torvalds (1969). After him are Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804), George Gaynes (1917), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Mauno Koivisto (1923), and Mika Häkkinen (1968).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Kyösti Kallio ranks 8. Before him are Sauli Niinistö (1948), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), Risto Ryti (1889), and Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861). After him are Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865), Hjalmar Siilasvuo (1892), and Antti Aarne (1867).

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