Paavo Virkkunen
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Paavo Virkkunen 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...

 conservative politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...

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He was a member of the Finnish Party
Finnish Party
The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society...

 and was elected in the parliament in 1914, but joined the National Coalition Party
National Coalition Party (Finland)
The National Coalition Party is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.The National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the True Finns...

 in 1919 . He was five times the Speaker of the Parliament. He became the chairman of the party in 1932 following the six year leadership of Kyösti Haataja
Kyösti Haataja
Kyösti Haataja was a twentieth century Finnish politician.He was a member of the National Coalition Party and was the chairman of the party between 1926 and 1932 following Hugo Suolahti....

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