Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Role range: 1950-1951
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Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Biography and Timeline
Follow Urho Kaleva Kekkonen through 16 dated historical records for Finland.
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1950–1981Years on this page
1950
1951
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Role range: 1950-1951
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Role range: 1951-1951
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Role range: 1951-1951
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Role range: 1951-1953
1953
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Role range: 1951-1953
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Role range: 1953-1953
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Role range: 1953-1953
1954
Prime Minister
Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.
Role range: 1954-1956
1956
President of Finland
Appointed President of Finland
Role range: 1956-1981
Government Ends
His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.
Role range: 1954-1956
Long Presidential Era Opens
Urho Kekkonen began a presidency that would last more than two decades. His approach gave particular importance to maintaining workable relations with the Soviet Union.
1961
Note Crisis Diplomacy
President Kekkonen confronted the Soviet diplomatic note crisis, which challenged Finland's security posture during the Cold War. His response reinforced the central role of presidential foreign-policy management.
1975
Helsinki Security Summit Hosting
President Kekkonen hosted the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe summit in Helsinki. The resulting Final Act became an important reference point in East-West diplomacy.
1980
Award
Wins the Lenin Peace Prize
Role range: 1956-1981
1981
Resignation of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen
Resigns due to ill health
Role range: 1956-1981
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.