Category:Urho Kekkonen

**Urho Kekkonen**
	eighth President of Finland (1900–1986)
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Name in native language	Urho Kaleva Kekkonen;
Date of birth	3 September 1900; Lepikon torppa (Grand Principality of Finland, Russian Empire); Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Date of death	31 August 1986; Tamminiemi
Place of burial	Hietaniemi cemetery;
Pseudonym	Pekka Peitsi; Simo Sakari;
Country of citizenship	Finland;
Residence	Pielavesi (1900–1906); Kuopio (1906 – unknown value); Lapinlahti (unknown value – unknown value); Iisalmi (unknown value – 1911); Kajaani (Kalliokatu 7, 1911–1921); Helsinki (1921–1986); Tamminiemi (Helsinki, 1956–1986);
Educated at	University of Helsinki;
Occupation	politician; athletics competitor; lawyer; journalist; sprinter; police officer;
Member of political party	Centre Party (1933–);
Position held	President of Finland (1956–1982); Prime Minister of Finland (1954–1956); Minister of the Interior (1937–1939); Minister of Justice of Finland (1936–1937); Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (1952–1953); Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (1948–1950); member of the Parliament of Finland (1936–1945); Prime Minister of Finland (1950–1953); member of the Parliament of Finland (1945–1956); Minister of Justice of Finland (1944–1946); Minister of the Interior (1950–1951);
Mother	Emilia Kekkonen;
Sibling	Jussi Kekkonen;
Child	Taneli Kekkonen; Matti Kekkonen;
Spouse	Sylvi Kekkonen (1926–1974);
Award received	Order of Lenin (1964); Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎ (1975); Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1956); Order of Friendship of Peoples (1973); Lenin Peace Prize (1980); Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star (1963); Star of the Socialist Republic of Romania, 1st class (1969); Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty (1956); Royal Order of the Seraphim (1956); Order of the Elephant (1957); anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire; Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1956); Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1960); Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav‎ (1960); Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon (1957); Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (1969); Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1969); Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1960); Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1964); Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish People's Republic (1974); honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala; Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1976); Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Lamb (1955); The Great Cross of Merit of Finnish Sports and Culture of Physical Exercise (1950); Collar of the Order of Charles III (1978); Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1953); Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1961); Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1958); Commander with Star of the Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Hungary (1943); Commander of the Order of Sports Merit (1933); …;
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English: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (1900–1986) was a Finnish politician and the President of Finland from 1956 to 1981.

Suomi: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (1900–1986) oli suomalainen poliitikko ja Suomen tasavallan presidentti vuosina 1956–1981.

Svenska: Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (1900–1986) var en finsk politiker och Republiken Finlands president 1956–1981.

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