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Apr 28, 1893 Jämsänkoski, Finland Died on 12 Oct 1976 (aged 83)
Finnish politician
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About Tuure Lehén
- Tuure Lehén (April 28, 1893 in Jämsänkoski – October 12, 1976 in Helsinki) was a prominent Finnish and later Finnish Soviet politician, initially, in 1913–18 as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and since 1918 as a member of the Communist Party of Finland. He served as Minister of Internal affairs in the People's Provisional Government unsuccessfully orchestrated by the Soviet Union for Finland in December 1939.
- He was also the first rector (1940–41) of Karelo-Finnish, now Petrozavodsk State University.He first came to prominence by writing texts on mob fighting and strike tactics, and in 1926 married Hertta Kuusinen.
- After World War II he became a general in the Red Army.
- Lehén also fought in the Spanish Civil War.
