Teuvo Aura

Ylipormestari (High Mayor) Teuvo Aura
Aura in 1972.
33rd Prime Minister of Finland
In office 29 October 1971 – 23 February 1972
President	Urho Kekkonen
Deputy	Päiviö Hetemäki
Preceded by	Ahti Karjalainen
Succeeded by	Rafael Paasio
In office 14 May 1970 – 15 July 1970
President	Urho Kekkonen
Deputy	Päiviö Hetemäki
Preceded by	Mauno Koivisto
Succeeded by	Ahti Karjalainen
Mayor of Helsinki
In office 1968–1979
Preceded by	Lauri Aho
Succeeded by	Raimo Ilaskivi
Minister of the Interior
In office 2 September 1957 – 29 November 1957
Prime Minister	V. J. Sukselainen
Preceded by	Urho Kiukas
Succeeded by	Harras Kyttä
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 9 July 1953 – 5 May 1954
Prime Minister	Urho Kekkonen Sakari Tuomioja
Preceded by	Penna Tervo
Succeeded by	Penna Tervo
In office 30 September 1950 – 17 January 1951
Prime Minister	Urho Kekkonen
Preceded by	Sakari Tuomioja
Succeeded by	Penna Tervo
Minister of Justice
In office 17 January 1951 – 20 September 1951
Prime Minister	Urho Kekkonen
Preceded by	Heikki Kannisto
Succeeded by	Urho Kekkonen
Personal details
Born	Teuvo Ensio Aura (1912-12-28)28 December 1912 Ruskeala, Finland
Died	11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 86) Helsinki, Finland
Party	Liberal People's National Progressive (formerly)
Spouse(s)	Sirkka Kosonen (1944-2000) (m. 1976) Kaino Kielo Kivekäs (1939–1970)
Alma mater	University of Helsinki
Profession	Lawyer

Teuvo Ensio Aura (28 December 1912, in Ruskeala – 11 January 1999, in Helsinki) was a Finnish politician of the Liberal People's Party. He served as Mayor of Helsinki and interim Prime Minister of Finland twice, in 1970 and 1971–72.

Prime Minister Teuvo Aura (third from the left) and city councillor Panu Toivonen (second from the left) at the opening parade in June 1970 when Aleksanterinkatu street in Helsinki was temporarily reserved for pedestrians only. (Photograph by Eeva Rista)

Cabinets

• Aura I Cabinet
• Aura II Cabinet

See also

• Timeline of Helsinki, 1960s-1970s

References

• http://www.rulers.org/indexa5.html

Further reading

• "Teuvo Aura: Ny regering eller nyval senast i september". Forum (in Swedish). No. 1970–11. 1970-06-10. p. 22-24. ISSN 0533-070X.