Pekkala cabinet

Pekkala's Cabinet
File:Flag of Finland.svg 31st Cabinet of Finland
File:Prime minister Mauno Pekkala represented Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) 1946 (JOKAVIU2B012-2).tif Photo of Mauno Pekkala serving as Prime Minister in 1946.
Date formed	26 March 1946
Date dissolved	29 August 1948
People and organisations
President	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Prime Minister	Mauno Pekkala
Member parties	Finnish People's Democratic League Social Democratic Party Agrarian League Swedish People's Party
Status in legislature	Majority 162 / 200 (81%)
Opposition parties	National Coalition Party National Progressive Party Small Farmers Party Swedish Left
History
Predecessor	Paasikivi III Cabinet
Successor	Fagerholm I Cabinet

Mauno Pekkala's cabinet was the 31st government of the Republic of Finland. The cabinet's time period was from March 26, 1946, to August 29, 1948. It was a majority government. Pekkala's cabinet did many major reforms including the child benefit security.

Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	File:Mauno Pekkala 1938 (cropped).jpg Mauno Pekkala	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		People's Democratic League
Deputy Prime Minister	Yrjö Kallinen	March 26, 1946	April 6, 1948		Social Democratic
	Hertta Kuusinen	April 6, 1948	August 29, 1948		People's Democratic League
Minister of Foreign Affairs	File:Carl Enckell.jpg Carl Enckell	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Independent
Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	File:Reinhold-Svento.jpg Reinhold Svento	March 26, 1946	April 30, 1948		People's Democratic League
	File:Uuno-Takki.jpg Uuno Takki	March 27, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister of the Interior	File:Yrjo-Leino-1940s.jpg Yrjö Leino	March 26, 1946	May 22, 1948		People's Democratic League
	File:Eino-Kilpi.jpg Eino Kilpi	May 26, 1948	August 29, 1948		People's Democratic League
Minister at the Ministry of Interior	Paavo A. Viding	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Agrarian
Minister of Defence	File:Mauno Pekkala 1938 (cropped).jpg Mauno Pekkala	March 26, 1946	March 27, 1946		People's Democratic League
	Yrjö Kallinen	March 27, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister at the Ministry of Defence	File:Mauno Pekkala 1938 (cropped).jpg Mauno Pekkala	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		People's Democratic League
Minister of Finance	File:Ralf Törngren.jpg Ralf Törngren	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Swedish People's
Minister at the Ministry of Finance	File:Onni Hiltunen.jpg Onni Hiltunen	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister of Education	File:Eino-Kilpi.jpg Eino Kilpi	March 26, 1946	May 26, 1948		People's Democratic League
	Lennart Heljas	May 26, 1948	August 29, 1948		Agrarian
Minister of Agriculture	File:Vihtori Vesterinen.png Vihtori Vesterinen	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Agrarian
Minister at the Ministry of Agriculture	Paavo A. Viding	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Agrarian
Minister of Transport and Public Works	Lauri Kaijalainen	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Agrarian
Minister at the Ministry of Transport and Public Works	File:Erkki Härmä.jpg Erkki Härmä	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister of Trade and Industry	File:Uuno-Takki.jpg Uuno Takki	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister of Social Affairs	Matti Janhunen	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		People's Democratic League
Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs	Lennart Heljas	March 26, 1946	May 26, 1948		Agrarian
	File:Erkki Härmä.jpg Erkki Härmä	April 12, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
	File:Onni Peltonen 1936.jpg Onni Peltonen	May 26, 1948	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister of Public Welfare	File:Taavi Vilhula - Finnish Heritage Agency (768298).jpg Taavi Vilhula	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		Agrarian
Minister at the Ministry of Public Welfare	Yrjö Murto	March 26, 1946	August 29, 1948		People's Democratic League
	File:Erkki Härmä.jpg Erkki Härmä	April 12, 1946	August 29, 1948		Social Democratic
Minister without portfolio	Hertta Kuusinen	May 26, 1948	June 4, 1948		People's Democratic League