Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's second cabinet
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's second cabinet was the 18th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from July 4, 1930 to March 21, 1931. It was Majority government
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Majority government
A majority government is when the governing party has an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or parliament in a parliamentary system. This is as opposed to a minority government, where even the largest party wins only a plurality of seats and thus must constantly bargain for support from...
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| Minister | Period of office | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad , December 15, 1861 – February 29, 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence... |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | National Coalition Party |
| Deputy Prime Minister Juho Vennola Juho Vennola Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the National Progressive Party, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times.Vennola's first government was from August 15, 1919 to March... |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party... |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Hjalmar Procopé Hjalmar Procopé Hjalmar Johan Fredrik Procopé was a Finnish politician and a diplomat from the Swedish People's Party. Procopé was a minister in several cabinets in the 1920s and 1930s.... |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | neutral |
| Minister of Justice Karl Söderholm |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | Swedish People's Party |
| Minister of Defence Albin Manner |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | 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... |
| Deputy Minister of Defence Albin Manner Hugo Österman |
August 4, 1930–August 10, 1930 August 10, 1930–March 21, 1931 |
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... neutral |
| Minister of the Interior Erkki Kuokkanen |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | National Coalition Party |
| Minister of Finance Juho Vennola Juho Vennola Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the National Progressive Party, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times.Vennola's first government was from August 15, 1919 to March... |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party... |
| Minister of Education Paavo Virkkunen Paavo Virkkunen Paavo Virkkunen was a Finnish conservative politician.He was a member of the Finnish Party and was elected in the parliament in 1914, but joined the National Coalition Party in 1919 . He was five times the Speaker of the Parliament... |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | National Coalition Party |
| Minister of Agriculture August Raatikainen |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | 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... |
| Deputy Minister of Agriculture Juho Koivisto |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | 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... |
| Minister of Transport and Public Works Rolf Witting Rolf Witting Rolf Johan Witting was a renowned oceanographist and Swedish-speaking Finnish politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1926–1943... |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | Swedish People's Party |
| Minister of Trade and Industry Axel Solitander |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | neutral |
| Minister of Social Affairs Eino Tuomivaara |
July 4, 1930–March 21, 1931 | 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... |