20 February 1965(1965-02-20) (aged 69) Helsinki, Finland
Political party
National Progressive
Spouse
Eugenia Violet Sutcliffe (1922–)
Children
Patricia Erkko Seppälä b. 1924 Aatos Erkko
Occupation
Politician, Journalist, CEO
Profession
Master of Laws
Juho Eljas Erkko (1 June 1895 in Helsinki – 20 February 1965 in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician and journalist.[1] He was a foreign minister and negotiated with the Soviet Union before the Winter War started.[2] Erkko's father was politician and journalist Eero Erkko and son journalist Aatos Erkko.[1]
Eljas Erkko graduated as Abitur in 1914, Vimpeli School of War in 1918 and Master of Laws in 1922. In 1918, he fought for the White Guards in the Finnish Civil War Battle of Ruovesi.[3] He was elected as a Member of Parliament on 1 September 1933 from Uusimaa constituency. Erkko was a President's elector chosen by voters in the presidential election 1931, 1937, 1940 and 1943.[1]
Erkko and Lyndon B. Johnson on September 7, 1963
Erkko was the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1938 and 1939,[4] as the Finns negotiated with the Soviet Union. The Soviets demanded exchange of areas with Finland. Erkko did not want to make any concessions. As the Winter War started, Väinö Tanner assigned a new government and decided to appoint himself as foreign minister.[2] Between 1939 and 1940 he was a chargé d'affaires in Stockholm.[citation needed]
At the beginning of the Continuation War, Erkko was a head of POW office in Finland till 1942. After the war, Erkko was charged in court-martial in 1946, the charges were dropped.[citation needed]
Later years Erkko worked as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sanoma. He was also the Chairman of the Board of Directors in many Finnish companies, such as Rautakirja and Suomen Tietotoimisto, and a head of supervisory board in Kansallis-Osake-Pankki. Erkko was also a head of government in the Finnish American Association.[1]
^ abcd"Eljas Erkko: Kansanedustajana 01.09.1933 - 31.08.1936" (in Finnish). Eduskunta - edustajamartikkeli. Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
^ abTurtola, Martti (1999). "Kansainvälinen kehitys Euroopassa ja Suomessa 1930-luvulla". In Leskinen, Jari; Juutilainen, Antti (eds.). Talvisodan pikkujättiläinen (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. pp. 13–46. ISBN 951-0-23536-9.
^"Ruovesi" (in Finnish). Suomen vapaussota 1918. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
^"Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
the Winter War started. Erkko's father was politician and journalist Eero Erkko and son journalist Aatos Erkko. EljasErkko graduated as Abitur in 1914...
Aatos Erkko was born in Helsinki. He married Jane Airola in 1959, but they did not have any children. His father was the politician and journalist Eljas Erkko...
playwright Eero Erkko (1860–1927), Finnish politician, journalist and the founder of Päivälehti, brother of J. H. ErkkoEljasErkko (1895–1965), Finnish...
1918 and again from 1920 until his death in 1927). He was the father of EljasErkko. He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki. "Finnish Government...
minister but not because of the negotiations, and his place was taken by EljasErkko. Holsti was rather anti-German and so the resignation set off rumours...
sometimes been close. For instance, during the run-up to the Winter War, EljasErkko was at the same time the paper's publisher and Finland's foreign minister...
sovereignty in danger. There were also those, such as Foreign Minister EljasErkko and Prime Minister Aimo Cajander, and the Finnish intelligence in general...
New York Times, etc. Aatos Erkko, Finnish publishing magnate, owner of Sanoma Corporation, son of foreign minister EljasErkko Lolis Eric Elie, journalist...
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members in important positions, including Minister of Foreign Affairs EljasErkko. Rising Finland and its program, which borrowed from Nazis, received...
Party Minister for Foreign Affairs Rudolf Holsti Väinö Voionmaa(deputy) EljasErkko March 12, 1937 – November 16, 1938 November 16, 1938 – December 1, 1938...
the University of Oxford) Erkki Tuomioja (Minister of Foreign Affairs) EljasErkko (Foreign Minister of Finland) Tarja Cronberg (Minister of Labour) Matti...
Söderhjelm 1919–1928 Rafael Erich 1928–1936 Juho Kusti Paasikivi 1936–1939 EljasErkko 1939–1940 Jarl Axel Wasastjerna 1940–1943 G. A. Gripenberg 1943–1954...
Carl Ludvig Engel, architect Carl Enckell, diplomat Eero Erkko, newspaper publisher EljasErkko, newspaper publisher Pentti Fagerholm, radio reporter Erik...
met Heinrich Himmler and upon returning reported to Foreign Minister EljasErkko, former President Pehr Evind Svinhufvud and the leadership of the Front...
by Sanoma in 1945, and the first issue appeared in April that year. EljasErkko was instrumental in the establishment of the magazine, and his assistant...
Deputy Minister of the Interior Niilo Solja Lennart Oesch Arvo Manner EljasErkko March 21, 1931-March 3, 1932 March 3, 1932-March 14, 1932 March 14, 1932-October...
anti-Semitic. In December 1938, Labor Front attacked Foreign Minister EljasErkko for supposedly being Jewish. In February 1939, the Helsinki Court of...
Hackzell 14 Dec 1932–7 Oct 1936 Kivimäki 1394 Non-Partisan/Independent EljasErkko 12 Dec 1938–1 Dec 1939 Cajander III 355 National Progressive Party Väinö...
Leader of the National Progressive Party and Member of Parliament, and EljasErkko's predecessor as Editor-in-Chief in Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. Tuomioja...
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