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Risto Heikki Ryti (1889–1956) was a Finnish politician, lawyer, economist, and banker. Born in Huittinen, he was educated at the University of Oxford and held citizenship in both Finland and the Grand Duchy of Finland. A member of the National Progressive Party, he served as President of Finland, Prime Minister of Finland, and Minister of Finance. He was a candidate in the 1940 and 1943 Finnish presidential elections.
Ryti was a Lutheran who spoke Finnish and English. He worked in Helsinki and was married to Gerda Ryti. Among his published works are *Mannerheim, Kallio, Ryti, Tanner, Söderhjelm tal hållna 13-26 Mars 1940*, *I Finlands ödestid*, *The Allies and Finland*, *"Käymme omaa erillistä sotaamme"*, and *Sota-ajan muistelmat 1939-1944*. He received the Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir, the Order of Civil Merit, and the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum. He died in Helsinki and is buried in Hietaniemi cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1889
- Died
- 1956
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Mannerheim, Kallio, Ryti, Tanner, Söderhjelm tal hållna 13-26 Mars 1940
- I Finlands ödestid
- The Allies and Finland
- "Käymme omaa erillistä sotaamme"
- Sota-ajan muistelmat 1939-1944
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13
- Total plays
- 73
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Magnetoencephalography—theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brain
· 1993 · cited 3,912x
- FinnGen provides genetic insights from a well-phenotyped isolated population
· 2023 · cited 3,777x
- Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth
· 2011 · cited 3,523x
- The N1 Wave of the Human Electric and Magnetic Response to Sound: A Review and an Analysis of the Component Structure
· 1987 · cited 2,707x
- Evolving Neural Networks through Augmenting Topologies
· 2002 · cited 2,374x
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Jukka Rangell , Edwin Linkomies
- Preceded by
- Kyösti Kallio
- Succeeded by
- Gustaf Mannerheim
- President
- Kyösti Kallio
- Born
- Risto Heikki Ryti , ( 1889-02-03 ) 3 February 1889, Huittinen , Grand Duchy of Finland , Russian Empire
- Died
- 25 October 1956 (1956-10-25) (aged 67), Helsinki , Finland
- Party
- National Progressive
- Spouse
- Gerda Ryti (née Serlachius)
- Children
- Henrik Ryti, Niilo Ryti, Eva Saxén (née Ryti)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Risto Heikki Ryti ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈristo ˈhei̯kːi ˈryti]; 3 February 1889 – 25 October 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period. He made a wide range of international contacts in the world of banking and within the framework of the League of Nations. Ryti served as prime minister during the Winter War and the Interim Peace, and as president during the Continuation War.
Ryti penned the 1944 Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement – named after himself and Joachim von Ribbentrop – a personal letter to Nazi German Führer Adolf Hitler whereby Ryti agreed not to reach a separate peace in the Continuation War against the Soviet Union without approval from Nazi Germany, in order to secure German military aid to stop the Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive against Finland. His resignation soon afterwards allowed his successor, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, to bypass the agreement and make peace with the Soviet Union once the offensive had been stopped.
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