Jouko Kajanoja (born 23 December 1942) is a Finnish economist and politician who served as minister of labour between 1981 and 1982. He was a member of the Communist Party which he headed from 1982 to 1984.
Jouko Kajanoja | |
|---|---|
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| Chairman of the Communist Party | |
| In office 15 May 1982 – June 1984 | |
| Succeeded by | Arvo Aalto |
| Minister of Labour | |
| In office March 1981 – 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 December 1942 Tammela, Finland |
| Political party | Communist Party |
| Profession | Economist |
Biography
editKajanoja was born in Tammela, Finland, on 23 December 1942.[1][2] He joined the Communist Party being part of the fraction which was the third group after the moderates and doctrinaire faction.[3] In March 1981 he was appointed minister of labour to the cabinet led by Mauno Koivisto. He also served in the same post in the next cabinet led by Kalevi Sorsa.[4]
On 15 May 1982 Kajanoja became the chairman of the Communist Party.[5][6] He was elected to the post as a result of the conflicts between the leaders of two major fractions within the party.[3] Kajanoja was supported by the Soviet Communist Party during his tenure which ended in June 1984 when Arvo Aalto won the election.[7] In the election Aalto won 183 votes against 163 votes in favor of Kajanoja.[7]
Later Kajanoja became secretary general of the Democratic Choice.[8] On 13 August 1987 Kajanoja was nominated by the Democratic Alternative as the candidate for the presidency.[8] He could obtain only 1.4% of the votes in the elections held in February 1988.[9][10]
Kajanoja was married to Pirjo Turpeinen-Saari in the period between 1985 and 1996.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Jouko Kajanoja". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 23 December 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Kajanoja, Jouko" (in Finnish). YKSA. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b Eric Solsten; Sandra W. Meditz, eds. (1988). "The Communist Party". Finland: A Country Study. Washington, DC: GPO for the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-1490435749.
- ^ John Paxton, ed. (2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1982-83 (119th ed.). London; Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press. p. 460. ISBN 978-0-230-27111-1.
- ^ The World Factbook. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency. 1984. p. 73.
- ^ "Year 1982 in Finnish Foreign Policy". Eilen. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Finnish Party Ousts Pro-Soviet Faction". The New York Times. 6 June 1984. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Year 1987 in Finnish Foreign Policy". Eilen. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ Jukka Paastela (1988). "The 1988 Presidential Election in Finland". Scandinavian Political Studies. 11 (2).
- ^ "Less support than expected for Finnish president". United Press International. Helsinki. 1 February 1988. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Anti-immigrant agitator Janitskin running for Finnish, EU parliament seats". YLE News. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2022.