Eino Uusitalo

Eino Uusitalo (1 December 1924 – 19 March 2015) was a Finnish politician from the Centre Party. Uusitalo studied to be an agronomist. He was a member of the parliament from 1955 to 1983 from the list of Centre Party. He was also Deputy Prime Minister.

Eino Uusitalo
Prime Minister of Finland (acting)
In office May 26, 1979 – February 18, 1982
Preceded by	Johannes Virolainen
Succeeded by	Ahti Pekkala
Personal details
Born	(1924-12-01)1 December 1924 Soini, Finland
Died	19 March 2015(2015-03-19) (aged 90)

Uusitalo was remembered mostly because of his proposition to declare 19 September as a second independence day of Finland. That date is the day of Moscow Armistice 1944. Uusitalo was fighting in the Continuation War 1942-1944 in Metsäpirtti, Karelian Isthmus.

In 2015, he died at the age of 90.

Eino Uusitalo Media

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  Eduskunnan sivistysvaliokunta 21. lokakuuta 1959. Kuvassa vasemmalta Antti J. Rantamaa, Eino Uusitalo, Armas Leinonen, Olavi Lähteenmäki, Samuel Sundel, Sundelin tulkki, Eino Kilpi, Judit Nederström-Lunden, Anna-Liisa Tiekso, Kuuno Honkonen, Impi Lukkarinen, Meeri Kalavainen, Pentti Niemi ja Ensio Partanen. Taustalla vasemmalla Reino Oittinen ja oikealla Esko Kauppila.