Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen (born 10 February 1923 in Hirvensalmi, died 7 September 1990 in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League (later known as Keskusta, Centre Party) and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms. Karjalainen can be considered one of the most influential people in post-war Finnish politics and economy. He was well known for his good relations with the Soviet Union. Jump to: navigation, search February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hirvensalmi is a municipality of Finland. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search It has been suggested that Hietaniemi beach be merged into this article or section. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Finnish political parties | Nordic Agrarian parties ... The Prime Minister (Finnish Pääministeri, Swedish: Statsminister) is the head of government in Finland. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Winter War (also known as the Soviet-Finnish War or the Russo-Finnish War) broke out when the Soviet Union attacked Finland on November 30, 1939, three months after the start of World War II. As a consequence, the Soviet Union was expelled from the... Finland has a primarily parliamentary system, although the president also has some notable powers. ...

Karjalainen served as second Minister of Treasury, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Trade and Industry from 1957, until he formed his first government on 13 April 1962, which was in session for 615 days until 18 December 1963. After that, the government was disbanded because SAK-sympathetic ministers had resigned because of economy-political disagreements. Karjalainen's second government was in session 15 July 1970 - 29 October 1971. Karjalainen's ministrial career continued with only minor breaks to May 1977, when he had spent 5772 days as a political minister. In the history of Finnish politics, this is second only to Johannes Virolainen. Karjalainen was nominated as a candidate for the Parliament of Finland in 1966 and served as Member of the Parliament for 13 years. Jump to: navigation, search 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... Johannes Virolainen (January 31, 1914 - December 11, 2000) was a Finnish politician. ... The Eduskunta in Finnish, or the Riksdag in Swedish, is the Parliament of Finland. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

Urho Kekkonen took Karjalainen as his secretary in his first government in 1950. This was the start of co-operation between Kekkonen and Karjalainen, which continued as good and tight for over 20 years. The co-operation was broken up when Kekkonen disbanded Karjalainen's, who was seen as his future successor, second government in 1971. Karjalainen sought to be the presidential candidate for the Centre Party in 1981, but lost to Johannes Virolainen. In January 1982, Mauno Koivisto was elected as President of Finland after Kekkonen resigned. Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900–August 31, 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland (1950-1953, 1954-1956) and later as President of Finland (1956–1981) and is many times referred as first dictator of Finland. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January is the first month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mauno Henrik Koivisto (born November 25, 1923) was the President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. ... The President of Finland (Suomen Tasavallan Presidentti; Republiken Finlands President) is the Head of State of Finland. ...

Karjalainen had a great career in the Bank of Finland. He served as director of its research facility from 1953 to 1957 and was elected to the Board of Management in 1958. Karjalainen served as deputy Managing Director of the Bank of Finland from 1979, acting Chairman of the Board from 1979 to 1982 and as Managing Director from 1982 to 1983. The Bank of Finland, Helsinki, with the statue of Johan Vilhelm Snellman in front. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Karjalainen was a Doctor of State Sciences. His thesis was entitled "The relationships between the monetary politics of the Bank of Finland and the state economy from 1811 to 1953 mainly regarding liquidity analysis".

Especially the latter part of Karjalainen's political career was influenced by alcoholism. Karjalainen's use of alcoholic beverages and his rather personal pronunciation of the English language gave him a popular nickname "Tankero". In Finland, "Tankero jokes" have almost become national heritage. Jump to: navigation, search Polish propaganda poster saying: Stop drinking! Come with us and build a happy tomorrow. ... Alcoholic beverages are drinks containing ethanol, popularly called alcohol. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Ahti Karjalainen died of pancreas cancer in September 1990.

External links

• Ahti Karjalainen in the minister database of the state council
• Biography of Karjalainen on Hirvensalmi's pages
• Ahti Karjalainen in the YLE national sound clip gallery