Inkeri Lehtinen (1908–1997) was a Finnish communist politician. She served as the education minister of the Terijoki government during the Finnish Democratic Republic. She was among the significant Finnish women politicians during the post-World War II period.[1]
Inkeri Lehtinen | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Education | |
| In office December 1939 – March 1940 | |
| Prime Minister | Otto Wille Kuusinen |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1908 Helsinki |
| Died | 1 March 1997 (aged 88) Helsinki |
| Political party | Communist Party of Finland |
Biography
editLehtinen was born in Helsinki on 7 March 1908.[2] Her parents were the supporters of the Marxist–Leninist ideology.[3] Between 1925 and 1945 she held different posts in the Soviet Union and Finland.[3] She was a member of the Communist Party of Finland being one of its leaders in the period 1939–1969.[3] In the late 1930s she was among the contributors of a magazine entitled Soihtu published by a group of young left-wing figures who were removed from the Party in 1937.[4] This group was headed by Mauri Ryömä.[4] In her writings Lehtinen criticized Ryömä due to his closeness to the Finnish government.[4] From December 1939 to March 1940 she was the minister of education in the Terijoki Government during the Winter War.[2][5]
Lehtinen left Finland after the war and settled in the Soviet Union. She returned to Finland in October 1946.[6] She was elected as a member of the political bureau of the Communist Party's central committee in April 1963.[7]
Lehtinen died in Helsinki on 1 March 1997 after a long illness.[2]
References
edit- ^ Pirkko Kotila (January 2006). "Hertta Kuusinen - The "Red Lady of Finland"". Science & Society. 70 (1): 58. doi:10.1521/siso.2006.70.1.46.
- ^ a b c "Inkeri Lehtinen". Helsingin Sonamat. 1 March 1997. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Ulla Käyhkö (2005). Inkeri Lehtinen ja stalinismi SKP:ssa: Lehtisen elämä ja erityisesti osallistuminen SKP:n johdon 1960-luvun stalinismikeskusteluun (1960-1968) (MA thesis) (in Finnish). Tampere University. hdl:10024/92934.
- ^ a b c Kimmo Rentola (October 1998). "The Finnish Communists and the Winter War". Journal of Contemporary History. 33 (4): 591–592, 595. doi:10.1177/002200949803300408. S2CID 159554578.
- ^ Hans Peter Krosby (June 1960). "The Communist Power Bid in Finland in 1948". Political Science Quarterly. 75 (2): 233. doi:10.2307/2146156. JSTOR 2146156.
- ^ Erick Richard Erickson (1982). The making of Finland's postwar international positions: 1944-1948 (PhD thesis). Johns Hopkins University. pp. 49, 217–218. ISBN 979-8-204-89785-4. ProQuest 303229254.
- ^ Translations on International Communist Developments. U.S. Joint Publications Research Service. 1963. p. 4-PA26.