Global InformationKalle Kankari information
Kalle Kankari | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 5 September 1922 – 17 October 1923 | |
| Constituency | Uusimaa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kaarle August Kankari 28 January 1889 Paimio, Russian Empire |
| Died | 5 June 1948 (aged 59) Turku, Finland |
| Political party | Socialist Workers' Party |
Kaarle August Kankari (28 January 1889 – 5 June 1948) was a Finnish trade unionist, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature. A member of the Socialist Workers' Party, he represented Uusimaa between September 1922 and October 1923.[1]
Kankari was born on 28 January 1889 in Paimio.[1] He was a carpenter in Uskela and Helsinki.[1] He was chairman of the Finnish Woodworkers Union (Suomen Puutyöntekijäin Liitto) from 1917 to 1918 and from 1919 to 1921.[1] Kankari was imprisoned for political reasons following the end of the Finnish Civil War in 1918.[1] He was released in 1919.[1] He was a Finnish Trade Union Federation official from 1921 to 1922 and chairman of the Finnish Sawmill, Transport and Mixed Workers Union (Suomen Saha-, Kuljetus- ja Sekatyöväen Liitto) from 1922 to 1924.[1]
Kankari was imprisoned again in August 1923 and a third time in the early 1930s.[1] He was a Finnish Paper Association (Suomen Paperiliitto) official from 1929 to 1930.[1] He was a carpenter in Turku until his death on 5 June 1948.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kansanedustajat: Kalle Kankari" [Members of Parliament: Kalle Kankari] (in Finnish). Helsinki, Finland: Parliament of Finland. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2023.