Governments and ministers since 1917
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J. O. Söderhjelm
Personal details
Date and place of birth: 3.9.1898 Helsinki
Days in office 1620
Ministerial duties
- Virolainen - Minister of Justice 12.9.1964 - 27.5.1966 (Swedish People's Party of Finland)
- Karjalainen - Minister at the Ministry of Finance 21.9.1962 - 1.11.1963 (Swedish People's Party of Finland)
- Karjalainen - Minister of Justice 13.4.1962 - 18.12.1963 (Swedish People's Party of Finland)
- Kuuskoski - Minister of Justice 26.4.1958 - 29.8.1958 (Occupation/Public Official)
- Sukselainen - Minister of Justice 2.9.1957 - 29.11.1957 (Occupation/Public Official)
- Ryti - Minister of Justice 1.12.1939 - 27.3.1940 (Swedish People's Party of Finland)
- Cajander III - Minister of Justice 13.10.1939 - 1.12.1939 (Swedish People's Party of Finland)