Summary
Antti Verner Hackzell (20 September 1881 – 14 January 1946) was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland from August to September 1944.[1]
Antti Hackzell | |
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| 17th Prime Minister of Finland | |
| In office 8 August 1944 – 21 September 1944 | |
| President | Carl G. E. Mannerheim |
| Preceded by | Edwin Linkomies |
| Succeeded by | Urho Castrén |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 14 December 1932 – 7 October 1936 | |
| Prime Minister | Toivo M. Kivimäki |
| Preceded by | Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen |
| Succeeded by | Rudolf Holsti |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antti Verner Hackzell 20 September 1881 Mikkeli, Finland |
| Died | 14 January 1946 (aged 64) Helsinki, Finland |
| Political party | National Coalition |
Career edit
Hackzell was the Governor of Viborg Province (1918–1920), the Envoy (later Chargé d'affaires) of Finland to the Soviet Union (1922–1927)[2] and served as the deputy director (1930–1936) and director (1936–1945) of Finnish Employers Association. Hackzell was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1932–1936 in the cabinet of Toivo Kivimäki.[3]
In summer 1944 Hackzell was chosen to form a government with the goal of signing a peace treaty with the Soviet Union. Hackzell suffered a stroke in Savoy Hotel in Moscow while on peace treaty negotiations on 14 September, and he never recovered completely. His minister of foreign affairs, Carl Enckell, concluded the negotiations.
Family origins edit
The Hackzell family name derives from the Hacksta family estate, located in Hacksta, Uppland in Sweden. Through Mårten Hackzell, the only child of the Uppland clergyman Andreas Hackzelius,[4][5] and through Mårten's offspring, the Hackzell family spread to Norrland and Finland.
Cabinets edit
References edit
- ^ "Ministerikortisto" (in Finnish). Valtioneuvosto.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Suomen edustustopäälliköt Moskovassa" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland, Moscow. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
- ^ "Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Svenska män och kvinnor – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.
- ^ "Book of Coats of Arm" Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine by passagen.se.
External links edit
- Newspaper clippings about Antti Hackzell in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW