About Aleksi Aaltonen
Lived 1892 – 1956 (aged 63). Aleksi Aaltonen was a Finnish politician and journalist.
Aleksius (Aleksi) Aaltonen (5 July 1892 – 22 February 1956) was a Finnish journalist and politician, born in Somero. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1929 to 1936, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He served as Minister of Social Affairs twice from 17 December 1943 to 21 September 1944 and from 18 March 1949 to 17 March 1950, as Deputy Minister of Finance from 30 July 1948 to 18 March 1949, and as Minister at Council of State from 29 July 1948 to 18 March 1949. Aaltonen was the Director General of Kela from 1945 to 1954. He was a presidential elector in the 1931 Finnish presidential election.
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Who was Aleksi Aaltonen?
Finnish politician and journalist
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Aleksi Aaltonen was born on 5 July 1892 in Somero.
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Aleksi Aaltonen died on 22 February 1956 in Helsinki.
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Aleksi Aaltonen was a politician and journalist.
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Aleksi Aaltonen was Finnish.
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