Lennart Heljas

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Lennart Heljas
Kuopio County
Personal details
Born
Lennart Albert Heljas

(1896-05-13)13 May 1896
Vyborg, Russia
Died8 March 1972(1972-03-08) (aged 75)
Kuopio, Finland
Political partyCentre

Lennart Albert Heljas (13 May 1896 – 9 March 1972) was a Finnish politician of the Centre Party, cabinet minister and Lutheran priest. He served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1939 to 1958, and was vice president of the parliament in 1946, 1954–1956 and in 1957. He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 1946 to 1948 and as Minister of Education in 1948 and from 1950 to 1951. He served as President of the Nordic Council in 1957.[1]

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