Toivo Kujala, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Toivo Kujala

Finnish politician

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1894

Date of Death: 07-Apr-1959

Profession: politician

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Toivo Kujala

  • Toivo Edvard Kujala (18 November 1894, Sippola - 7 April 1959) was a Finnish electrician and politician.
  • In 1918 he was imprisoned for having sided with the Reds during the Finnish Civil War.
  • In the 1920s he became an organiser for the then illegal Communist Party of Finland (SKP), which led to a second prison sentence in 1931.
  • He was imprisoned for a third time during World War II and freed in 1944 after the Communist Party was legalised as a result of the Moscow Armistice of 19 September 1944.
  • He was subsequently elected to the Parliament of Finland, where he represented the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) from 1945 until his death in 1959.
  • Kujala was a member of the Central Committee of the SKP.

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