Urho Castrén

Urho Castrén
18th Prime Minister of Finland
In office
21 September 1944  17 November 1944
PresidentC. G. E. Mannerheim
Preceded byAntti Hackzell
Succeeded byJuho K. Paasikivi
Minister of Justice
In office
31 December 1925  13 December 1926
Prime MinisterKyösti Kallio
Preceded byOskar Lilius
Succeeded byVäinö Hakkila
Personal details
Born
Urho Jonas Castrén

(1886-12-30)30 December 1886
Jyväskylä, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died8 March 1965(1965-03-08) (aged 78)
Helsinki, Finland
Political partyNational Coalition

Urho Jonas Castrén (30 December 1886, in Jyväskylä – 8 March 1965, in Helsinki) was a judge, serving for 27 years as the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland. During the constitutional crisis of 1944, Castrén, representing the National Coalition Party, became Prime Minister of Finland briefly.