Taisto Tähkämaa
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Taisto Tähkämaa | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 26 May 1979 – 5 May 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 15 May 1977 – 25 May 1979 | |
| Prime Minister | Kalevi Sorsa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1924 (age 99–100) Pargas, Finland |
| Political party | Centre Party |
| Occupation | Agrologist |
Taisto Tähkämaa (born 1924) is a Finnish Centre Party politician who served at the Parliament and held various cabinet posts, including minister of defense and minister of agriculture and forestry in the 1970s and 1980s.
Biography[edit]
Tähkämaa was born in Pargas in 1924.[1] He is an agrologist and agricultural advisor by profession.[2] He is a war veteran and participated in World War II against Soviet Red Army.[3] He was a member of the Centre Party and served as its vice chair between 1980 and 1984.[1] He was elected to the Parliament on 23 March 1970 and served there until 21 March 1991.[1]
Tähkämaa was appointed minister of defense on 15 May 1977 to the second cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa, and his tenure ended on 25 May 1979.[1] Next day he was named as the minister of agriculture and forestry and served in the second cabinet of Mauno Koivisto until 18 February 1982.[1] Tähkämaa continued to hold the same post in the third cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa from 19 February 1982 to 5 May 1983.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Taisto Tähkämaa" (in Finnish). Finnish Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Juha-Pekka Tikka (23 January 2017). "Taisto Tähkämaan mukaan Suomen kohtalo on 1 300 kilometrin rajassa itäpuolellamme". Verkkouutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ Simo Holopainen (25 June 2017). "Kolme T-34-panssaria ajoi Ihantalassa kohti Taisto Tähkämaata – pst-mies teki ratkaisun, joka pelasti hänen henkensä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.