Tuure Lehén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tuure Lehén

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1893

Place of Birth: Jämsänkoski, Finland

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1976

Profession: politician, university teacher, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Tuure Lehén (April 28, 1893 in Jämsänkoski – October 12, 1976 in Helsinki) was a prominent Finnish and later Finnish Soviet politician, initially, in 1913–18 as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and since 1918 as a member of the Communist Party of Finland. He served as Minister of Internal affairs in the People's Provisional Government unsuccessfully orchestrated by the Soviet Union for Finland in December 1939.
He was also the first rector (1940–41) of Karelo-Finnish, now Petrozavodsk State University.He first came to prominence by writing texts on mob fighting and strike tactics, and in 1926 married Hertta Kuusinen.
After World War II he became a general in the Red Army.
Lehén also fought in the Spanish Civil War.