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Eero A. Wuori with his wife Kerttu.

Eero Aarne Wuori (vuoteen 1942 Vuori; 11 August 1900 Helsinki – 12 September 1966 Helsinki)was a Finnish journalist and politician.[1]

He was a minister of the Finnish Social Democratic Party. He had four ministerial portions in the Government of Paasikivi III: he served as Minister at the Prime Minister's Office from August 7, 1945 to September 19, 1945, Minister of Transport and Public Works, 17 April 1945 to September 19, 1945, and Minister at the Ministry of Public Order and Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs, 27 April 1945 to September 19, 1945.[2]

Wuore's parents were the carpenter Oskar Wuori and Josefina Kuntonen. His spouse since 1929 was Kerttu Juliana (neé And (1903-1987), and they had one daughter. Eero Wuori had to go to Helsingin normaalilyseo with normal classes of seven classes until he was forced to suspend his schooling in 1918.[3]

Prior to becoming a minister, Wuori was SAK President 1938-1945.[4] As chairman of SAK, Wuori played a key role in the so-called January engagement. After the ministry he left for diplomatic work and served as ambassador in London 1945-1952 and as Ambassador in Moscow in 1955-1963 and in Stockholm 1964-1965 and as Head of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] TAfter returning from Stockholm, Wuori was still serving as the Permanent Secretary of the President's Office before his accidental death.

Wuori participated as a schoolgirl on the red side of the Finnish civil war in maintenance work and ended up in St. Petersburg, where he founded the Communist Party of Finland. Wuori worked for party duties in Finland and Sweden. He was caught and received a total of ten years' imprisonment for the war and his SKP actions, which he carried out in the prisons of Ekenäs and Turku. He was pardoned in 1925, when he had already departed from the communists.[6] After release from imprisonment, Wuori worked as a reporter for Kansan Työ in 1926-1930 and as editor-in-chief in 1930-1938.[7]

Wuori was one of the most prominent critics of Väinö Tanner and Sculpture in SDP in 1944-1945[8]

And at the end of the Continuation War, mobilized the trade union movement to a separate peace base.[9]

Professor Osmo Apusen and Professor Corinna Wolff's book, Pettureita ja patriootteja , published in 2009, Wuori acted in the crucial stages of the Continuation War in February-October 1944 as the "political agent" of the Soviet Union. He provided insider information about discussions with the government, parliament and the headquarters for the Soviet Intelligence Service for NKGB[10]



References

  1. ^ Nevakivi, Jukka. Kansallisbiografia;Wuori, Eero Aarne (1900–1966).
  2. ^ Valtioneuvoston Ministerikortisto
  3. ^ Mitä-Missä-Milloin, Kansalaisen vuosikirja 1956, s. 107. Helsinki: Otava, 1955.
  4. ^ Netti.sak Luettu 11.2.2007
  5. ^ Palkkatyöläinen.fiLuettu 11.2.2007
  6. ^ Nevakivi, Jukka: Linnasta linnaan: Eero A. Wuoren (1900–1966) poliittinen elämäkerta. Otava, 1992.
  7. ^ Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1956, s. 107.
  8. ^ Paavo, Lipponen. "Väinö Tanner oli moderni talousmies". Valtioneuvosto.
  9. ^ Apunen, Osmo – Wolff, Corinna: Pettureita ja patriootteja: Taistelu Suomen ulko- ja puolustuspolitiikan suunnasta 1938–1948. SKS, 2009.
  10. ^ Unto, Hämäläinen. "Sota-ajan hallituksen sisäpiiriläinen vuoti tietoja Neuvostoliitolle". Helsingin Sanomat.