Kekkonen I Cabinet

Urho Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 17, 1950 to January 17, 1951. It was Minority government. Kekkonen's first cabinet's foreign policy meant a turn in Finnish-Soviet relationships.

Kekkonen took bigger role in Soviet relationship's than president Paasikivi and signed the Soviet sponsored World Peace Council's Act about banning atomic weapons. In June 1950 Kekkonen travelled to Moscow to agree about the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade.

Cabinet's problems were big inflation which started from the Korean War and labour union's demands. Main Labour Union's treat the government with general strike two times and agrarian union's refused to raise any salaries of their employees if milk and grain prices don't go up.

Ministers


Portfolio		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Urho Kekkonen	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Åke Gartz	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Independent
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Sakari Tuomioja	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	National Progressive
Minister of Justice	Heikki Kannisto	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	National Progressive
Minister of Defence	Kustaa Tiitu	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Minister of the Interior	Urho Kekkonen	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Deputy Minister of the Interior	Lauri Riikonen	March 17, 1950	September 30, 1950	Agrarian
Deputy Minister of the Interior	Johannes Virolainen	September 30, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Minister of Finance	Vieno Johannes Sukselainen	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Deputy Minister of Finance	Nils Meinander	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Swedish People's
Minister of Education	Lennart Heljas	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Minister of Agriculture	Taavi Vilhula	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Eemil Luukka	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Minister of Transport and Public Works	Martti Miettunen	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Deputy Minister of Transport and Public Works	Kauno Kleemola	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
	Lauri Riikonen	March 24, 1950	March 31, 1950	Agrarian
	Vihtori Vesterinen	March 31, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
Minister of Trade and Industry	Sakari Tuomioja	March 17, 1950	September 30, 1950	National Progressive
Minister of Trade and Industry	Teuvo Aura	September 30, 1950	January 17, 1951	National Progressive
Minister of Social Affairs	Ralf Törngren	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Swedish People's
Deputy Minister of Interior	Vihtori Vesterinen	March 17, 1950	January 17, 1951	Agrarian
	Kauno Kleemola	March 24, 1950	September 30, 1950	Agrarian
	Teuvo Aura	September 30, 1950	January 17, 1951	National Progressive

Preceded by Fagerholm I	Cabinet of Finland March 17, 1950–January 17, 1951	Succeeded by Kekkonen II

Cabinets of Finland

	Ingman I Kaarlo Castrén Vennola I Erich Vennola II Cajander I Kallio I Cajander II Ingman II Tulenheimo Kallio II Tanner Sunila I Mantere Kallio III Svinhufvud II Sunila II Kivimäki Kallio IV Cajander III Ryti I Ryti II Rangell Linkomies Hackzell Urho Castrén Paasikivi II Paasikivi III Pekkala Fagerholm I Kekkonen I Kekkonen II Kekkonen III Kekkonen IV Tuomioja Törngren Kekkonen V Fagerholm II Sukselainen I Von Fieandt Kuuskoski Fagerholm III Sukselainen II Miettunen I Karjalainen I Lehto Virolainen Paasio I Koivisto I Aura I Karjalainen II Aura II Paasio II Sorsa I Liinamaa Miettunen II Miettunen III Sorsa II Koivisto II Sorsa III Sorsa IV Holkeri Aho Lipponen I Lipponen II Jäätteenmäki Vanhanen I Vanhanen II Kiviniemi Katainen Stubb Sipilä

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