Mauno Pekkala Politician

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.