Mauno Pekkala

Mauno Pekkala
Prime Minister of Finland
In office 26 March 1946 – 29 July 1948
President	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Preceded by	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Succeeded by	Karl-August Fagerholm
Personal details
Born	27 January 1890 Sysmä, Finland
Died	30 June 1952(1952-06-30) (aged 62)
Political party	Finnish People's Democratic League

Mauno Pekkala (27 January 1890 Sysmä – 30 June 1952) was a Finnish left-wing politician and Prime Minister from 1946 to 1948. Pekkala was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland until he left the party during the Continuation War. After the war, Pekkala joined the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL), an alliance of communists, socialists and social democrats. He was candidate in the 1950 presidential election. Pekkala also belonged to the Socialist Unity Party which worked inside the SKDL.