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1946, Feb. 21 | |
A number of wartime leaders, among them ex-president Risto Ryti, were sentenced to prison for involving Finland in the war or preventing the conclusion of peace. They were pardoned, over Soviet protests, in 1949. | 1 |
March 4 | |
President C. G. E. Mannerheim resigned for reasons of health. | 2 |
March 9 | |
JUHO PAASIKIVI was elected president. | 3 |
March 24 | |
Mauno Pekkala formed a new coalition government. | 4 |
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