Office: | Speaker of the Parliament of Finland |
Term Start: | 5 February 1976 |
Term End: | 31 January 1978 |
Predecessor: | V. J. Sukselainen |
Successor: | Ahti Pekkala |
Office2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Finland |
Term Start2: | 15 July 1970 |
Term End2: | 29 October 1971 |
Primeminister2: | Ahti Karjalainen |
Predecessor2: | Päiviö Hetemäki |
Successor2: | Päiviö Hetemäki |
Office3: | Minister of Labour |
Term Start3: | 31 December 1982 |
Term End3: | 6 May 1983 |
Primeminister3: | Kalevi Sorsa |
Predecessor3: | Jouko Kajanoja |
Successor3: | Urpo Leppänen |
Term Start4: | 23 February 1972 |
Term End4: | 4 September 1972 |
Primeminister4: | Rafael Paasio |
Predecessor4: | Keijo Liinamaa |
Successor4: | Valde Nevalainen |
Term Start5: | 15 July 1970 |
Term End5: | 29 October 1971 |
Primeminister5: | Ahti Karjalainen |
Predecessor5: | Esa Timonen |
Successor5: | Keijo Liinamaa |
Term Start6: | 1 March 1970 |
Term End6: | 14 May 1970 |
Primeminister6: | Mauno Koivisto |
Predecessor6: | Position established |
Successor6: | Esa Timonen |
Birth Name: | Veikko Kullervo Helle |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1911 |
Birth Place: | Vihti, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Death Place: | Lohja, Finland |
Party: | Social Democratic |
Veikko Kullervo Helle (11 December 1911 in Vihti – 5 February 2005 in Lohja) was a Finnish politician representing the Social Democrats.
Helle was originally a carpenter by trade and followed his father into municipal politics and later into the parliament. He was elected in the 1936 municipal elections and he served as a member of parliament from 1951 to 1983. He was four times a minister between 1970 and 1983 and the speaker of the parliament from 1976 to 1978.[1] Helle ran in the elections for SDP chairman in 1963, losing the post to Rafael Paasio. In the inner party politics, he represented the right-wing of the SDP.
He served as the minister of labor on four occasions between 1970 and 1983.[2]
Helle was a member of the Vihti municipal council for 51 years from 1936 to 1987, and was the chairman of the council 1958–1976.