{"slug": "president-of-finland", "label": "President of Finland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Finland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29558", "qid": "Q29558", "description": "head of state of Finland", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1867, 2012], "span_label": ["1867 CE", "2012 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Finnish President"], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shanxi", "label": "Shanxi", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and 6th President of Finland (d. 1951)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#May–June", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Births › May–June"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 3", "text": "September 3 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373317536#September", "title": "1900", "revid": 1373317536, "section": "Births › September"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, a future President of Finland, meets the 13th Dalai Lama in Shanxi, China, becoming only the third European to be granted an audience with him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#June", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Ståhlberg kidnapping: The former and first President of Finland, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement but released unharmed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#October", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – The Finnish Parliament, by derogation, elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as President of Finland to replace Risto Ryti, who has resigned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#August", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish military leader and statesman, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#January", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Deaths › January"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Urho Kekkonen, the 8th President of Finland, resigns after being the longest-serving Finnish president since 1956.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#October", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#January", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Sauli Niinistö is inaugurated as the 12th President of Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#March", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › March"}}]}