Kullervo Manner

Kullervo Manner
Chairman of the Finnish People's Delegation of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic
In office
29 January 1918 – 25 April 1918
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Speaker of the Parliament
In office
4 April 1917 – 31 October 1917
Preceded byKaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
Succeeded byJohannes Lundson
Leader of the Finnish Communist Party
In office
1920–1935
Preceded byYrjö Sirola
Succeeded byHannes Mäkinen
Leader of the Finnish Social Democratic Party
In office
1917–1918
Preceded byMatti Paasivuori
Succeeded byVäinö Tanner
Personal details
Born
Kullervo Achilles Manner

12 October 1880
Kokemäki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died15 January 1939 (aged 58)
Ukhta-Pechora, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partySDP
SKP
Spouse(s)Olga Arjanne (divorced 1925)
Hanna Malm[1]

Kullervo Achilles Manner (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkulːerʋo ˈmɑnːer]; Russian: Куллерво Густавович Маннер, romanizedKullervo Gustavovich Manner; 12 October 1880 – 15 January 1939) was a Finnish and Soviet politician. He was one of the leaders of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic.

Manner was a member of the Finnish parliament, serving as its speaker in 1917. He was also the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland between 1917 and 1918. During the Finnish Civil War, he led the Finnish People's Delegation, a leftist alternative to the established Finnish government. After the war, he escaped to Soviet Russia, where he co-founded the Finnish Communist Party. It is said if the Red Guards had won the Civil War, Manner might have risen to the position of the "Leader of the Red Finland".[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference lackman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Manner, Kullervo – Svinhufvud". Finland100.fi. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ^ Flakin, Nathaniel (26 May 2019). "When the North Star Turned Red: Against Reconciliation". Left Voice. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  4. ^ SDP:n puheenjohtaja halusi punadiktaattoriksi, mutta kuoli Stalinin vankileirillä (in Finnish)