Pekkala cabinet

Pekkala Cabinet
Pekkala Cabinet
; 31st Cabinet of Finland
	Photo of Mauno Pekkala serving as Prime Minister in 1946.
Date formed	26 March 1946
Date dissolved	29 July 1948
People and organisations
President	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Prime Minister	Mauno Pekkala
Total no. of members	22
Member parties	People's Democratic League (SKDP); Social Democratic Party; Agrarian League; Swedish People's Party (RKP)
Status in legislature	Majority government 162 / 200 (81%)
Opposition parties	National Coalition; National Progressive; Small Farmers Party; Swedish Left;
History
Predecessor	Paasikivi III
Successor	Fagerholm I

Mauno Pekkala's cabinet^[a] was the 31st government of the Republic of Finland. The cabinet's time period was from March 26, 1946, to July 29, 1948. It was a majority government.^[1] Pekkala's cabinet did many major reforms including the child benefit security.

Ministers

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