Martti Miettunen

Martti Miettunen
Prime Minister of Finland
In office July 14, 1961 – April 13, 1962
Deputy	Eemil Luukka
Preceded by	V. J. Sukselainen
Succeeded by	Ahti Karjalainen
In office November 30, 1975 – May 15, 1977
Deputy	Kalevi Sorsa (1975–1976) Ahti Karjalainen (1976–1977)
Preceded by	Keijo Liinamaa
Succeeded by	Kalevi Sorsa
Personal details
Born	April 17, 1907(1907-04-17) Simo, Finland
Died	January 19, 2002(2002-01-19) (aged 94) near Helsinki, Finland
Political party	Centre Party

Martti Johannes Miettunen (April 17, 1907 – January 19, 2002), was a politician in Finland. He was prime minister in 1961–1962 and 1975–1977.^[1]

Miettunen was born in Simo. He was a lawmaker in the Agrarian Party from 1945 to 1958, and was also Governor of the Province of Lapland from 1958 to 1973.

He died at the age of 94 in the Kauniainen military hospital near Helsinki in 2002.

Miettunen served as a cabinet minister for 4,300 days, the eight-longest in Finnish political history. He was known also as President Urho Kekkonen's right-hand man.

References

1. ^ "Ministerikortisto". Valtioneuvosto. http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/hakemisto/ministerikortisto/ministeritiedot.asp?nro=253. 

Political offices
Preceded by Jussi Sukselainen	Prime Ministers of Finland 1961–1962	Succeeded by Ahti Karjalainen
Preceded by Keijo Liinamaa	Prime Ministers of Finland 1975–1977	Succeeded by Kalevi Sorsa

Persondata
Name	Miettunen, Martti
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	April 17, 1907
Place of birth	Simo, Finland
Date of death	January 19, 2002
Place of death	near Helsinki, Finland