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Taisto Tähkämaa

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Taisto Tähkämaa
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office
26 May 1979 – 5 May 1983
Prime Minister
Minister of Defense
In office
15 May 1977 – 25 May 1979
Prime MinisterKalevi Sorsa
Personal details
Born (1924-12-11) December 11, 1924 (age 100)
Pargas, Finland
Political partyCentre Party
OccupationAgrologist

Taisto Tähkämaa (born 11 December 1924) is a Finnish Centre Party politician who served at the Parliament and held various cabinet posts, including minister of defense and minister of agriculture and forestry in the 1970s and 1980s.

Biography

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Tähkämaa was born in Pargas in 1924.[1] He is an agrologist and agricultural advisor by profession.[2] He is a war veteran and participated in World War II against Soviet Red Army.[3] He was a member of the Centre Party and served as its vice chair between 1980 and 1984.[1] He was elected to the Parliament on 23 March 1970 and served there until 21 March 1991.[1]

Tähkämaa was appointed minister of defense on 15 May 1977 to the second cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa, and his tenure ended on 25 May 1979.[1] Next day he was named as the minister of agriculture and forestry and served in the second cabinet of Mauno Koivisto until 18 February 1982.[1] Tähkämaa continued to hold the same post in the third cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa from 19 February 1982 to 5 May 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Taisto Tähkämaa" (in Finnish). Finnish Parliament. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ Juha-Pekka Tikka (23 January 2017). "Taisto Tähkämaan mukaan Suomen kohtalo on 1 300 kilometrin rajassa itäpuolellamme". Verkkouutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ Simo Holopainen (25 June 2017). "Kolme T-34-panssaria ajoi Ihantalassa kohti Taisto Tähkämaata – pst-mies teki ratkaisun, joka pelasti hänen henkensä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.