Heikki Ritavuori, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish government minister and lawyer
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Place of Birth: Turku, South-Western Finland Regional State Administrative Agency, Finland
About Heikki Ritavuori
- Heikki Ritavuori (23 March 1880, Turku – 14 February 1922, Helsinki; surname until 1906 Rydman), was a Finnish lawyer, a politician from the National Progressive Party, a member of the Parliament of Finland and Minister of the Interior.
- He was the closest colleague of Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg and was Minister of the Interior in J.H.
- Vennola's first and second cabinets from 1919 to 1922 for a total of 526 days.
- Heikki Ritavuori is a unique figure in Finland's political history because he is not remembered for his life's work, but instead for its end.
- Minister Ritavuori was shot dead at the door to his home in Helsinki in February 1922.
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