Finnish politician, prime minister 196870 and 197982, and president 198294. He was finance minister 196667 and led a Social Democratic Party coalition as prime minister 196870. He became interim president in 1981 after the resignation of Urho Kekkonen, and was elected president the following year. As president he shared power with Centre Party prime minister Esko Aho in Finland's unusual dual executive.
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