Paavo Virkkunen

Paavo Eemil Virkkunen (27 September 1874 – 13 July 1959) was a Finnish conservative politician.

Virkkunen was born in Pudasjärvi. He was a member of the Finnish Party and was elected in the parliament in 1913, but joined the National Coalition Party in 1918.^[1] He was five times the Speaker of the Parliament. He became the chairman of the party in 1932 following the six-year leadership of Kyösti Haataja.

He died in Pälkäne, aged 84, and is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.^[2]