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Jun 07, 1876 Saint Petersburg Died on 26 Mar 1959 (aged 82)

Finnish politician

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About Carl Enckell

  • Carl Johan Alexis Enckell (7 June 1876 – 26 March 1959) was a Finnish politician, diplomat, officer and businessman. Enckell followed his father's steps in Russian military and rose to the Imperial Russian Guard.
  • As he was not satisfied in the earnings, he studied mechanical engineering degree in Germany.
  • Subsequently, he worked in Kuusankoski paper mill and in Helsinki-based engineering companies Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works and Kone- ja Siltarakennus.
  • During the 1910s Enckell worked in employers' organisations. In 1917, shortly before October Revolution, Enckell was appointed Finnish Minister–Secretary of State in Saint Petersburg.
  • Following the Finnish Declaration of Independence, Enckell worked hard to get international recognition for the declaration.
  • During the following years, Enckell worked as diplomat in Paris and later in League of Nations, in which he successfully pursued the Finnish interests in Åland crisis.
  • He served as foreign minister in four short-lived cabinets during the early politically turbulent years of the young republic. Enckell moved to work in financial sector in the 1920s but made return into politics as Foreign Minister.
  • He led Finland out from Second World War and contributed establishing friendly relations with Soviet Union and new foreign policy, the Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine. Enckell was married to German-born Lucy née Ponsonby-Lyons.
  • They had four children, of whom Ralph Enckell became a notable diplomat.

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