Gunnar Korhonen | |
Birth Name: | Gunnar Aleksander Korhonen |
Birth Date: | 22 April 1918 |
Birth Place: | Vyborg, Finland |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Party: | Non-partisan |
Office1: | CEO of Finnair |
Term Start1: | 1960 |
Term End1: | 1987 |
Predecessor1: | Leonard Grandell |
Successor1: | Antti Potila |
Office2: | Minister of Social Affairs and Health |
Term Start2: | 14 May 1970 |
Term End2: | 15 July 1970 |
Primeminister2: | Teuvo Aura |
Predecessor2: | Anna-Liisa Tiekso |
Successor2: | Anna-Liisa Tiekso |
Office3: | Minister of Trade and Industry |
Term Start3: | 29 October 1971 |
Term End3: | 23 February 1972 |
Primeminister3: | Teuvo Aura |
Predecessor3: | Arne Berner |
Successor3: | Jussi Linnamo |
Office4: | Deputy Minister of Health and Social Affairs |
Term Start4: | 29 October 1971 |
Term End4: | 23 February 1972 |
Primeminister4: | Teuvo Aura |
Predecessor4: | Arne Berner |
Successor4: | Ahti Fredriksson |
Gunnar Aleksander Korhonen (22 April 1918 – 9 June 2001) was a Finnish politician and the CEO of Finnair from 1960–1987.
Korhonen had a degree in economics and worked as a civil servant.[2] He became the CEO of Finnair in 1960.[3] He was the Minister of Social Affairs and Health briefly in 1970 during Aura's caretaker government.[4] During Aura's second caretaker government from 1971–1972 he was both Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Minister of Health and Social Affairs.[5]
He was played by Taisto Oksanen in the Finnish docudrama Keihäsmatkat.[6]