Tanner, Väinö (Alfred)

Japanese: タンネル（英語表記）Tanner， Väinö (Alfred)

Born: March 12, 1881 in Helsinki
Died April 19, 1966, Helsinki. Finnish politician. Entered parliament as a Social Democratic Party member in 1907. In the civil war of 1918, he opposed the party's alliance with the Soviet army, but after the defeat of the "Red Army" organized by far-left elements of the party, he worked hard to rebuild the party. He was Prime Minister from 1926 to 1927. During the Winter War of 1939 to 1940, he promoted a hard-line policy against the Soviet Union as foreign minister. He was active as a cabinet minister during World War II, and worked to strengthen the working class. He was imprisoned at the insistence of the Soviet Union, but was released in 1949 and returned to parliament as a leader of the Social Democratic Party.

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Japanese:

[生]1881.3.12. ヘルシンキ
[没]1966.4.19. ヘルシンキ
フィンランドの政治家。 1907年社会民主党から議会に入り，18年の内戦では党がソビエト軍と同盟することに反対したが，党の極左分子が組織した「赤軍」敗北後は，党再建に尽力。 26～27年首相。 39～40年の冬戦争では外相として対ソ連強硬路線を推進。第2次世界大戦中も閣僚として活躍，労働者層の強化に努めた。ソ連の強要で投獄されたが，49年釈放され，社会民主党指導者として議会に復帰。

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