Kekkonen I cabinet

Kekkonen I Cabinet

33rd Cabinet of Finland
Group picture of Kekkonen's first government March 18, 1950 at the President's palace.
Date formed17 March 1950 (1950-03-17)
Date dissolved17 January 1951 (1951-01-17)
People and organisations
PresidentJuho Kusti Paasikivi
Prime MinisterUrho Kekkonen
No. of ministers11
Total no. of members19
Member partiesAgrarian League
National Progressive
RKP
Status in legislatureMinority government
74 / 200 (37%)
Opposition parties
History
PredecessorFagerholm I
SuccessorKekkonen II

Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Finland. The cabinet existed from 17 March 1950 to 17 January 1951. It was a minority government. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen.

During the cabinet's run, Kekkonen took a more significant role in the management of Soviet relations than president Paasikivi. For example, as Prime Minister, Kekkonen signed the Soviet-sponsored World Peace Council act banning atomic weapons. In June 1950, Kekkonen travelled to Moscow to agree on the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade. The cabinet's foreign policy lead to an improvement in Finnish-Soviet relationships.

One of the cabinet's problems was the large inflation caused by the Korean War.

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