Rolf Witting

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| office = Minister of Transport and Public Works

| term_start1 = 22 November 1924

| term_end1 = 31 March 1925

| predecessor1 = Eero Hahl

| successor1 = Jalo Lahdensuo

| term_start2 = 4 July 1930

| term_end2 = 21 March 1931

| predecessor2 = Kyösti Kallio

| successor2 = Juho Niukkanen

| office3 = Minister of Foreign Affairs

| primeminister3 = Risto Ryti
Johan Wilhelm Rangell

| term_start3 = 27 March 1937

| term_end3 = 5 March 1943

| predecessor3 = Väinö Tanner

| successor3 = Henrik Ramsay

| birth_date = 30 September 1879

| birth_place = Viipuri, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

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| death_place = Porvoon maalaiskunta, Finland

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| party = Swedish People's Party

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| spouse = Ellen Julie Elise Neovius (1904–)

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Rolf Johan Witting (30 September 1879 in Viipuri – 11 October 1944 in Porvoon maalaiskunta) was a Finnish oceanographist and politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1924–1943.{{cite web |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911761.aspx|title=Rolf Witting: Kansanedustajana 1.5.1924–1.9.1927 |publisher=Eduskunta – edustajamartikkeli|language=Finnish}}

Scientific career

Witting graduated as Abitur in 1897, Candidate of Philosophy in 1901, Master of Philosophy in 1907, Licentiate 1909 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1910. He served as the director-general of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research from 1918–1936.

Politics

He was elected as a Member of Parliament on 1 May 1924 from Uusimaa constituency. He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs 1934–1936, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1937–1943.{{cite web|url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/?contentid=41366&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI |title=Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs|publisher=Valtioneuvosto.fi |accessdate=30 January 2018 }}

Witting served in business life as a head of corporate government in the Hanken School of Economics, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters and the Geographical Society of Finland. Also he was as a member of corporate government in Teollisuushypoteekkipankki, Suomen pankkiyhdistys and Hufvudstadsbladet.