- Pavel Prokkonen
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name = Pavel Stepanovich Prokkonen
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office = Minister of Karelian Affairs of theFinnish Democratic Republic
term_start =December 2 ,1939
term_end =March 12 ,1940
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office2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karelo-Finnish SSR
term_start2 = 1940
term_end2 = 1947
predecessor2 =I.P. Babkin (acting)
successor2 =Voldemar Virolainen
term_start3 = 1950
term_end3 = 1956
predecessor3 = Voldemar Virolainen
successor3 =Ivan Stepanovich Belyayev
office4 = Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian ASSR
term_start4 =July 16 ,1956
term_end4 =July 18 ,1979
predecessor4 =Otto Ville Kuusinen (SSR)
successor4 =N. Kalinin
birth_date = Birth date|1909|7|16
birth_place =Klyushina Gora ,Olonets Governorate
death_date = Death date and age|1979|7|18|1909|7|16
death_place =Petrozavodsk ,Soviet Union
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party = Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish SSR, CPSU
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footnotes =Pavel Stepanovich Prokkonen (formerly "Prokofiev";
July 16 ,1909 -July 18 ,1979 ) was a Karelian Soviet politician. He was appointed as theFinnish Democratic Republic 's Minister of Karelian Affairs in the Soviet controlledTerijoki Puppet Government in 1940 (under the name Paavo Prokkonen). Later he was the Chairman of the Council of the People's Commissars of theKarelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (1940-1947) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Karelo-Finnish Soviet Socialist Republic (1950-1956) ("prime minister " of the republic).After the Karelo-Finnish SSR was incorporated into the Russian SFSR as the
Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in 1956, he was the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1979).Pavel Prokkonen was awarded with two Orders of Lenin, one second class
Order of the Patriotic War , two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and two Orders of the Badge of Honor.External links
* [http://www.gov.karelia.ru/gov/Different/Dates/1999/11.html Pavel Stepanovich Prokkonen at Republic of Karelia website] ru icon
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