Finland: Heads of State: 1917-1919 |
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| Eduskunnan puhemies = Lantdagens talman [1] | |
| 9 Nov 1917 - 27 Nov 1917 | Otto Johannes Lundson |
| Suomen Senaatin puheenjohtaja = Finlands Senatens ordförande [2] | |
| 27 Nov 1917 - 18 May 1918 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad [3] |
| Valtionhoitaja = Riksföreståndare | |
| 18 May 1918 - 12 Dec 1918 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (x) [4] |
| 12 Dec 1918 - 27 Jul 1919 | Friherre (= Vapaaherra) Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim [4][5][6] |
| Sources and notes: | |
| [1] | On 9 Nov 1917 the Eduskunta (Finnish parliament) begins to exercise sovereign authority de facto by passing a resolution on appointment of a Council of Regency, which is not implemented. On 15 Nov 1917 the Eduskunta assumes sovereign authority de iure; continues to exercise some authority pertaining to a Head of State until 18 May 1918. |
| [2] | Informally, and sometimes officially, styled Pääministeri = Statsminister. |
| [3] | Suomen kansavaltuuskunnan puheenjohtaja [literally, Chairman of Finland's People's Delegation; but also in official use, Russian: Predsedatel' Soveta narodnyh upolnomočennyh ≈ Председатель Совета народных уполномоченных] (in dissidence) |
| 28 Jan 1918 - 14 Feb 1918 Kullervo Akilles Manner | |
| Työväen pääneuvoston puheenjohtaja [also in official use, Russian: Predsedatel' Glavnogo rabočego soveta ≈ Председатель Главного рабочего совета] (in dissidence) | |
| 14 Feb 1918 - 25 Apr 1918 Matti Valfrid Perttilä | |
| [4] | 10 Oct 1918 - 14 Dec 1918: nominally for elected king Fredrik Kaarle = Fredrik Carl (styled Suomen kuningas = Finlands konung; originally: Friedrich Karl Ludwig Konstantin, Prinz und Landgraf zu Hessen); refusal becomes definitive on 29 Dec 1918. |
| [5] | During this tenure, signs Kustaa Mannerheim. |
| [6] | From 17 Jul 1919 pending the installation of a Suomen tasavallan presidentti = Republiken Finlands president. |
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