East and West / Monument to the memory of president J.K. Paasikivi Memorial ..

Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870-1956) was elected president of the republic in 1946 after C. G. E. Mannerheim’s resignation. Paasikivi was elected for second term in 1950. His remarkable career in politics began already in the early years of the century and he held numerous key posts in the Finnish administration. He was the chairman of Finland’s delegation at the Tarttu peace negotiations in 1920 and ...