Oskari Tokoi | |
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| Chairman of the Senate of Finland | |
| In office March 26, 1917 – September 8, 1917 | |
| Preceded by | Mihail Borovitinov |
| Succeeded by | Eemil Nestor Setälä |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1873 Kannus, Finland |
| Died | April 4, 1963 (aged 89) Leominster, Massachusetts, United States |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
Antti Oskari Tokoi (15 April 1873 – 4 April 1963) was a Finnish socialist who served as a leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland. In 1917 Tokoi acted as a Chairman of the Senate of Finland and thus he was the world’s first social democratic leader of the government. During the short-lived Revolution of 1918, Tokoi participated as a leading figure in the revolutionary government.[1] Tokoi later emigrated to the United States, where he served as the long-time editor of Raivaaja (The Pioneer), the newspaper of the Finnish Socialist Federation.[2]
- ^ Antti Oskari Tokoi (University of Tampere, Finland )
- ^ "Ex-Finnish Prime Minister, Tokoi, Dies in U.S. at Age 90". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD. April 5, 1963. p. 19. Retrieved July 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
