Rolf Johan Witting was a renowned oceanographist

Oceanography

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 and Swedish-speaking 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, member of four of Finland

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...

's cabinets 1926–1943. He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs

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 1934–1936, and the Foreign Minister 1940–1943.

Witting graduated as Abitur

Abitur

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 in 1897, Candidate of Philosophy

Candidate of Philosophy

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 in 1901, Master of Philosophy

Master of Philosophy

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 in 1907, Licentiate

Licentiate

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 1909 and Doctor of Philosophy

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in 1910. He was elected as a Member of Parliament

Parliament of Finland

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 in 1 May 1924 from Uusimaa constituency

Uusimaa (constituency)

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Witting served in business life as a head of corporate government in the Hanken School of Economics, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters and the Geographical Society of Finland. Also he was as a member of corporate government in Teollisuushypoteekkipankki, Suomen pankkiyhdistys and Hufvudstadsbladet

Hufvudstadsbladet

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