Onni Alfred Hiltunen was a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 politician, minister in several cabinets and chairman of the Social Democratic Party

Social Democratic Party of Finland

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Hiltunen was born in Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä

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. He worked as railwayman and was later a shopkeeper. He worked at a social democratic paper in Varkaus 1931-1946. Hiltunen was elected to the parliament for terms between 1930 and 1962 first from Northern

Northern Savonia

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 and later from Southern Savonia

Southern Savonia

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 electoral district.

Hiltunen was chairman of the Social Democratic Party between 1944 and 1946. He hold several ministerial posts, including Minister of Finance

Minister of Finance (Finland)

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 1944, 1948-1950, 1951, Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

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 1958-1959, Minister in the Finance Ministry 1945-1946, 1946-1948.

He was chairman of KELA 1951-1961.