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Risto Ryti

1889 - 1956

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Risto Heikki Ryti (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈristo ˈhei̯kːi ˈryti]; 3 February 1889 – 25 October 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the fifth president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period. He made a wide range of international contacts in the world of banking and within the framework of the League of Nations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Risto Ryti has received more than 469,676 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Risto Ryti is the 2,169th most popular politician (up from 2,422nd in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Finland (up from 17th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Finnish Politician.

Risto Ryti is most famous for being the president of Finland from 1940-1944. He was the president during the Winter War, and he negotiated a peace treaty with the Soviet Union.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Risto Ryti ranks 2,169 out of 15,577. Before him are Alfonso III of Asturias, Bill de Blasio, Haakon the Good, Antanas Smetona, Tianqi Emperor, and Mara Branković. After him are Fuad Masum, Lugal-zage-si, Moshe Katsav, Ajax the Lesser, Sigismund of Burgundy, and Bahadur Shah Zafar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Risto Ryti ranks 25. Before him are Paul Karrer, Louise Mountbatten, Gabriela Mistral, Han van Meegeren, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Jacob L. Moreno. After him are Victor Fleming, Vasily Blyukher, Pitirim Sorokin, Edgar Adrian, Mercédès Jellinek, and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim. Among people deceased in 1956, Risto Ryti ranks 20. Before him are A. A. Milne, Alexander Rodchenko, Alfred Kinsey, Kenji Mizoguchi, Konstantin Päts, and Bela Lugosi. After him are H. L. Mencken, Émile Borel, Josef Hoffmann, Reinhold Glière, Wilhelm Miklas, and Bolesław Bierut.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Risto Ryti ranks 14 out of 642. Before him are Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), Mika Waltari (1908), Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888), Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870), and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1832). After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Artturi Ilmari Virtanen (1895), Elias Lönnrot (1802), George Gaynes (1917), Arto Paasilinna (1942), and Ragnar Granit (1900).

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Among POLITICIANS In Finland

Among politicians born in Finland, Risto Ryti ranks 6. Before him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867), Sauli Niinistö (1948), Tarja Halonen (1943), Urho Kekkonen (1900), and Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870). After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (1917), Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861), Otto Wille Kuusinen (1881), Mauno Koivisto (1923), Kyösti Kallio (1873), and Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865).

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