Lauri Kristian Relander (May 31, 1883 – February 9, 1942) was the President of Finland from 1925 to 1931. May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The President of Finland (Suomen Tasavallan Presidentti; Republiken Finlands President) is the Head of State of Finland. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Relander was born in Kurkijoki, in Finland. He was christened Lars Kristian, but his name was finnicized to Lauri during his time at school. His father was an agronomist and Relander followed in his father's footsteps by studying agronomy. His major subjects for his Master's degree were agricultural chemistry and agricultural economics, but his efforts to find a senior lecturer position failed. From 1908 to 1917 he was a research worker at a state agricultural experimental institution. Relander also became politically active in the Finnish Agrarian Party and was elected to parliament in 1910. By 1917 he had become one of the leaders of the party. Finnicization is the changing of ones personal names from other languages (usually Swedish) into Finnish. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberal parties | Finnish political parties | Nordic Agrarian parties ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...

After independence, his political career went well. He was the Speaker of the Eduskunta for its 1919 session and part of its 1920 session and in 1920 he was also appointed Governor of the Province of Viipuri. However, in the 1920s he did not have enough support in his own party to become a minister. He became his party’s presidential candidate just days before the 1925 election and was elected mainly because he was seen as an alternative to Risto Ryti. The Eduskunta in Finnish, or the Riksdag in Swedish, is the parliament of Finland. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Not to be confused with the Danish town and county of Viborg in Jutland Viapori, a Finnish transcription of Sveaborg, better known as Suomenlinna castle Vyborg from the tower of the castle Vyborg (transcription of Russian Выборг) is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at Russias border to Finland... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Social issues of the 1920s. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Risto Heikki Ryti (February 3, 1889 - October 25, 1956) was the president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. ...

As a president, Relander was politically inexperienced and young. Politicians and other opinion leaders could not take him seriously. Relander had no political base to speak of, and he was deemed to have no particular program for his presidency, which further decreased his support. Even Relander's continual state visits and trips drew criticism. He was continually compared to Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, who hadn't travelled abroad. The cabinets during his term tended to be weak, short-lived minority cabinets, like in most European democracies of that time. All in all, Relander is remembered as a weak leader. Kaarlo Juho StÃ¥hlberg (January 28, 1865 - September 22, 1952) was the first President of Finland (1919-1925) and a Nationalist Liberal. ... For minority régime, see Apartheid. ...

In 1931, Relander realized he would not be re-elected and sabotaged the prospects of Kyösti Kallio, so that Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Relander’s former prime minister, was elected. 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Statue of K. Kallio in Helsinki Kyösti Kallio (April 10, 1873 – December 19, 1940) was the fourth President of Finland (1937-1940), having already served no fewer than four times as the countrys Prime Minister. ... Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (December 15, 1861 – February 29, 1944) was the President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. ...

After his term as President, he served as the general manager of a fire insurance company for rural people. Relander died in 1942 of heart failure.