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Ralf Torngren Edit Profile

Diplomat politician university professor

Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren,, was a Finnish politician.

Education

Åbo Akademi University.

Career

A prize in his honor was founded in 2003 at the Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. 1944-1945 Social minister

1945-1948 Finance minister

1950-1951 Social minister

1951 Second Finance minister

1951-1952 Social minister

1952-1953 Second Minister for Foreign Affairs

1953-1954 Minister for Foreign Affairs

1954 Prime Minister

1956-1957 Minister for Foreign Affairs

1959-1961 Minister for Foreign Affairs

1959-1961 Deputy Prime Minister.

Achievements

  • In the Finnish presidential elections of 1956, he won 20 electoral votes.

Membership

He was the party leader of the Swedish People"s Party (1945–1955), a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954.