Aarne Saarinen
{{Short description|Finnish politician and trade union leader}}
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| name = Aarne Saarinen
| image = Aarne Saarinen.Jpg
| alt =
| caption = Aarne Saarinen in Romania 1966
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1913|12|5}}
| birth_place = Degerby, Grand Duchy of Finland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2004|4|13|1913|12|5}}
| death_place = Helsinki, Finland
| nationality = Finnish
| other_names =
| occupation = politician, trade union leader
| years_active = 1934–1985
| known_for = Member of the Parliament of Finland (1962–1970, 1972–1983)
Chairman of the Communist Party of Finland (1966–1982)
| notable_works =
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Aarne Armas Saarinen (5 December 1913 – 13 April 2004[https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910138.aspx Aarne Saarinen] Parliament of Finland {{in lang|fi}}. Retrieved 18 July 2016.) was a Finnish politician and a trade union leader, who was a member of the Parliament of Finland for the People's Democratic League. He was also the leader of the Communist-led Construction Trade Union 1954–1966, the chairman of the Communist Party of Finland 1966–1982 and the vice-chairman of the People's Democratic League 1976–1985.
Political views
Saarinen was a stonemason who joined the local labor union branch in 1934. During World War II he fought for the Finnish troops. Saarinen was later known as one of the most prominent Communist leaders outside the Eastern Bloc. He was considered as a Eurocommunist who had sceptical views over the Soviet Union.{{cite web|url= http://yle.fi/uutiset/aarne_saarinen_dies/5156575 |title= Aarne Saarinen Dies |publisher= Yle News |date= 13 April 2004 | language = |accessdate= 18 July 2016}} Saarinen condemned the 1968 invasion of CzechoslovakiaArter, David: Scandinavian Politics Today, p. 293. Manchester University Press, 2008. {{ISBN|978-071-90785-3-8}}. and during the 1970s, he resisted the efforts of the Stalinist extremists like Taisto Sinisalo to increase the Soviet influence in Finland.
== Other ==
Saarinen was an enthusiastic pipe smoker. In 1988 he founded the ″Society of Considerate Smokers″ together with the Finnish author and film director Jörn Donner.[http://www.erkkiaurejarvi.fi/pamfletti.html ″Tupakkateollisuuden kuolemankauppiaat″] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306165354/http://erkkiaurejarvi.fi/pamfletti.html |date=2016-03-06 }} Erkki Aurejärvi {{in lang|fi}}. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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{{succession box|title=President of the Construction Trade Union|years=1960–1966|before=Viljo Rautelin|after=Erkki Salomaa}}
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Category:People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Category:Communist Party of Finland politicians
Category:Finnish People's Democratic League politicians
Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1962–1966)
Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1966–1970)
Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1972–1975)
Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1975–1979)
Category:Members of the Parliament of Finland (1979–1983)
Category:Finnish trade union leaders
Category:Finnish military personnel of World War II
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