Otto Wille Kuusinen | |
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 Portrait, c. 1940s | |
| Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR | |
| In office 11 July 1940 – 16 July 1956 | |
| Succeeded by | Pavel Prokkonen |
| Member of the 19th Presidium | |
| In office 16 October 1952 – 5 March 1953 | |
| Member of the 20th–21st, 22nd Secretariat | |
| In office 29 June 1957 – 17 May 1964 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1881 Laukaa, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 May 1964 (aged 82) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Resting place | Kremlin Wall Necropolis, Moscow |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party of Finland (1906–1918) Communist Party of Finland (1918–1964) Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1918–1964) |
| Children | 8, including Hertta Kuusinen |
Otto Wilhelm "Wille" Kuusinen (Finnish: [ˈotːo ˈʋilːe ˈkuːsinen] ; Russian: О́тто Вильге́льмович Ку́усинен, romanized: Otto Vilgelmovich Kuusinen; 4 October 1881 – 17 May 1964) was a Finnish-born Soviet communist and, later, Soviet politician, literary historian, and poet who, after the defeat of the Reds in the Finnish Civil War, fled to the Soviet Union, where he worked until his death. He briefly led the so-called Finnish Democratic Republic before serving as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.