Antti Kukkonen was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 Lutheran

Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Luther, a German reformer. Luther's efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation...

 pastor

Pastor

The word pastor usually refers to an ordained leader of a Christian congregation. When used as an ecclesiastical styling or title, this role may be abbreviated to "Pr." or often "Ps"....

 and politician

Politician

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. He was a member of the Agrarian League

Centre Party (Finland)

The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...

. He served as Deputy Minister of Education in Lauri Ingman's second cabinet

Lauri Ingman's second cabinet

Lauri Ingman's second cabinet was the 11th cabinet of independent Finland between 31 May 1924 – 31 March 1925. It was formed following the 1924 parliamentary elections between four parties—National Coalition Party, Agrarian Party, National Progressive Party and Swedish People's...

 (31 May 1924 - 22 November 1924), as Minister of Education in Juho Sunila's first cabinet

Juho Sunila's first cabinet

Juho Sunila's first cabinet was the 15th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from December 17, 1927 to December 22, 1928. It was Minority government government. Cabinet's fell because of the opposition interpellation....

 (17 December 1927 - 22 December 1928), in Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet

Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet

Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet was the 17th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from August 16, 1929 to July 4, 1930, 1929. It was Majority government only formed by the Agrarian League....

 (16 August 1929 - 4 July 1930), in Juho Sunila's second cabinet

Juho Sunila's second cabinet

Juho Sunila's second cabinet was the 19th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 21, 1931–December 14, 1932. It was Majority government....

 (21 March 1931 - 14 December 1932), in Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet

Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet

Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet was the 21st government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from October 7, 1936 to March 12, 1937. It was Minority government.-References:...

 (7 October 1936 - 12 March 1937), in Risto Ryti's second cabinet

Risto Ryti's second cabinet

Risto Ryti's second cabinet was the 24th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 27, 1940 to January 4, 1941. It was Majority government....

 (27 March 1940 - 4 December 1941) and in Jukka Rangell's cabinet

Jukka Rangell's cabinet

Jukka Rangell's cabinet was the 25th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from January 4, 1941 to March 5, 1943. It was Majority government....

 (4 January 1941 - 5 March 1943) as well as a Member of Parliament (1 April 1919 - 5 April 1945 and 29 March 1954 - 19 February 1962).

He was sentenced to 2 years of imprisonment in the War-responsibility trials in Finland

War-responsibility trials in Finland

The war-responsibility trials in Finland was a trial of the Finnish wartime leaders held responsible for "definitely influencing Finland in getting into a war with the Soviet Union and United Kingdom in 1941 or preventing peace" during the Continuation War, 1941-1944. Unlike other World War II...

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