Career
In 1940-1945 he was the president of the Agrarian League.
In 1940-1945 he was the president of the Agrarian League.
He was a member of the Agrarian League. He served as Deputy minister of Agriculture in Kyösti Kallio"s fourth cabinet (7 October 1936 - 12 March 1937) and as Minister of Agriculture in Risto Ryti"s second cabinet (15 August 1940 - 4 January 1941), in Jukka Rangell"s cabinet (4 January 1941 - 5 March 1943), in Edwin Linkomies" cabinet (5 March 1943 - 8 August 1944), in Antti Hackzell"s cabinet (8 August 1944 - 21 September 1944), in Urho Castrén"s cabinet (21 September 1944 - 17 November 1944), in Ralf Törngren"s cabinet (5 May 1954 - 20 October 1954) and in Urho Kekkonen"s fifth cabinet (20 October 1954 - 3 March 1956) as well as a Member of Parliament (5 September 1922 - 5 April 1945 and 22 July 1948 - 19 February 1962).