Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and...

by Finnish president Urho Kekkonen together with the Soviets to ensure Kekkonen's re-election. Golitsyn further said that Kekkonen had been a KGB agent...

Helsinki, is known to have received its name from Urho Kekkonen and has nothing to do with Saint Urho). Urho in the Finnish language also has the meaning of...

Urho Kekkonen National Park (Finnish: Urho Kekkosen kansallispuisto, Northern Sami: Urho Kekkonen álbmotmeahcci) is a national park in Lapland, Finland...

Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine was a foreign policy doctrine established by Finnish President Juho Kusti Paasikivi and continued by his successor Urho Kekkonen, aimed...

studying law, but dropped out and took a job instead. In 1926, she married Urho Kekkonen; they had met while working at a central law enforcement agency Etsivä...

1986, it served as the residence of President Urho Kekkonen. Since 1987, it has been the Urho Kekkonen Museum. Tamminiemi is located in a park by the...

2017). "Kun Josif Stalin kuoli – näin Urho Kekkonen ryntäsi tilaisuuteen" [When Josef Stalin died - Urho Kekkonen rushed to the event]. Verkkouutiset (in...

Coalition Party and the Finnish People's Democratic League until the 1980s. Urho Kekkonen served as President of Finland from 1956 to 1982, by far the longest...

Finnish domestic politics. This was extensively exploited by president Urho Kekkonen against his opponents. He maintained an effective monopoly on Soviet...

Finland for the post-1968 radicalisation in the latter half of the Urho Kekkonen era. In the 1990s, Finlandization was also discussed as a potential...

They were the first elections since 1968, as Parliament had extended Urho Kekkonen's term by four years by Parliament. The public elected presidential electors...

English See, for example, Pekka Hyvärinen, "Finland's Man: Urho Kekkonen's Life" / Suomen mies: Urho Kekkosen elämä, published in Finland in 2000; Tuomo Polvinen...

by the Parliament. In 1973, special legislation extended President Urho Kekkonen's term by four years until 1978, when he was re-elected regularly. The...

Kaleva Kekkonen (4 September 1928 – 3 July 2013) was a Finnish politician and jurist, son of president Urho Kekkonen and author Sylvi Kekkonen. Matti...

Communist Party of Finland. He narrowly lost the presidential election to Urho Kekkonen in 1956. Fagerholm was born in Siuntio as the youngest child of stonecutter...

minority government. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen. During the cabinet's run, Kekkonen took a more significant role in the management of...

marked the beginning of the final era for Kekkonen. In 1982, Mauno Koivisto was elected president to succeed Kekkonen, promising to reduce the powers of the...

former President of Finland Urho Kekkonen, which also led to its name. The restaurant was opened on 7 May 1973 with Urho Kekkonen attending the opening ceremony...

Taneli Kaleva Kekkonen (4 September 1928 – 11 July 1985) was a Finnish diplomat and the son of Urho Kekkonen, who served as the President of Finland from...

politician (Juhani Suomi, "A Ski Trail Being Snowed In: Urho Kekkonen 1976-1981" / Umpeutuva latu. Urho Kekkonen 1976-1981, Helsinki: Otava Publishing Ltd., 2000)...

Urho Kekkonen had already warned Virolainen about going to the same government with Leskinen. After declaring the government on 29 August, Kekkonen said...

have this name include: Urho Castrén (1886–1965), a Finnish politician Urho Karhumäki (1891–1947), a Finnish poet Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986), the eighth...

(Jussi) Kekkonen (30 September 1910 – 1 April 1962) was a Finnish major, CEO and the younger brother of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen. Jussi Kekkonen fought...

policy under the presidency of Urho Kekkonen (1956–1981), who dubbed his foreign policy doctrine the Paasikivi-Kekkonen line. The treaty was an instrumental...

den Berge, Dutch athlete (d. 1972) Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (d. 1974) Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President...

influence in the eyes of the Western world. On the other hand, President Urho Kekkonen knew, on the basis of the note crisis in the autumn of 1961, that the...

his hunting parties over the years included the President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen. However, some people did not approve of his actions during the Winter...

the party's relationships with both the communists and with President Urho Kekkonen.[citation needed] The 1966 parliamentary election's Social Democratic...

result was a victory for Urho Kekkonen, who won on the first ballot. The turnout for the popular vote was 81.5%. Since Kekkonen's extremely narrow victory...