Veli Merikoski Explained

Veli Merikoski
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs[1]
Term Start:13 April 1962
Term End:18 December 1963
Primeminister:Ahti Karjalainen
Predecessor:Ahti Karjalainen
Successor:Jaakko Hallama
Birth Date:2 January 1905
Birth Place:Pyhtää, Grand Duchy of Finland
Birthname:Veli Kaarlo Merikoski
Nationality:Finnish
Party:People's
Spouse:Wava Margit Winge (1940–)
Alma Mater:University of Helsinki
Occupation:Professor
Profession:Law

Veli Kaarlo Merikoski (2 January 1905 in Pyhtää – 28 January 1982 in Helsinki) was a professor at the University of Helsinki and once the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing the People's Party.[2]

Merikoski worked as an associate professor of administrative courts in the University of Helsinki 1937–1941. From 1941 to 1970 he was a professor. He was also a chancellor in the Turku School of Economics and a member in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague.

Kekkonen appointed Merikoski with the task to form a new government following the 1962 parliamentary elections. However, Merikoski was not successful in this task, and Ahti Karjalainen replaced him. Merikoski was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Ahti Karjalainen's cabinet on the mandate of the People's Party.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Valtioneuvosto.fi . 30 January 2018 .
  2. Web site: Ministerikortisto . Valtioneuvosto (Finnish Government) . 2011-04-01.