Lauri Aukusti Letonmäki (22 December 1886 – 20 November 1935) was a Finnish journalist, teacher, and politician. Born in Tampere, he was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1914 to 1916. In 1918, during the Finnish Civil War, Letonmäki was Commissioner for Justice in the Finnish People's Delegation, the government of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic. After the Red side lost the war, Letonmäki fled to Soviet Russia, where he was among the founders of the Communist Party of Finland (SKP). He committed suicide by hanging in 1935.[1][2][3]
Lauri Letonmäki | |
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 Letonmäki in the 1910s | |
| Commissioner for Justice of the Finnish People's Delegation of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic | |
| In office 29 January 1918 – 12 April 1918 | |
| Commissioner for Maintenance of the Finnish People's Delegation of the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic | |
| In office 13 April 1918 – 5 May 1918 | |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament | |
| In office 2 February 1914 – 3 April 1917 | |
| Constituency | Vaasa Province East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lauri Aukusti Helin 22 December 1886 |
| Died | 22 November 1935 (aged 48) |
| Party | SDP (1905-1918) SKP (1918-1935) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
References
edit- ↑ "Lauri Letonmäki". www.eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ↑ "List of former members of the Finnish Parliament punished by the KASNT NKVD in 1937-1938" (in Finnish). 2 December 1998. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
- ↑ Keravuori, Kirsi (18 June 1999). "Lauri Letonmäki". BiographySampo (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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