Yrjö Leino
Yrjö Leino | |
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Leino in the late 1940s. | |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 26 March 1946 – 22 May 1948 | |
| Prime Minister | Mauno Pekkala |
| Preceded by | Kaarlo Hillilä |
| Succeeded by | Eino Kilpi |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
| In office 18 March 1945 – 2 July 1951 | |
| Constituency | Kuopio |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yrjö Kaarlo Leino 28 January 1897 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland |
| Died | 28 June 1961 (aged 64) |
| Political party | Finnish People's Democratic League |
Yrjö Kaarlo Leino (28 January 1897 – 28 June 1961) was a Finnish communist politician. Imprisoned twice for his communist activities, and spending much of the Second World War as an underground communist activist, he served as a minister in three cabinets between 1944 and 1948.