Väinö E. Jokinen

Deceased Person

1879 – 1920

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Who was Väinö E. Jokinen?

Väinö Jokinen was a Finnish journalist and MP. Jokinen was the member of the Finnish Parliament in Social Democratic group 1908–1914 and 1917. Jokinen was also secretary of the Finnish People's Delegation.

Jokinen's father was steward Efraim Jokinen, and his mother was Fanny Wilhelmiina Tamlander. He graduated from high school in 1899. He translated to Finnish while studying. He worked in Hämeenlinna in Kanerva magazines reporter 1904–1905 and in Kansan Lehti magazine in Tampere 1906–1908, Työmies magazine's reporter in Helsinki 1906–1908, Hämeen Voima magazine's reporter in Hämeenlinna 1908–1912 and Sosialisti magazine's main editor in Turku 1912–1917.

Jokinen was Social Democratic MP from Häme southern electoral district 1909-1914 and 1917.

Jokinen was the II Deputy Speaker of Finnish Parliament in 1917, and chairman of the Grand Committee. In 1917 Jokinen worked as secretary of the Finnish Labour Union and during the Finnish Civil War he was Worker's Head Council's and People's Delegation's secretary.

After the war Jokinen moved to Russia and worked in the Council of Perm in 1918 and Kumous magazine's and Finnish Communist publications department's reporter, translating articles into Finnish. Jokinen was a member of the Finnish Communist Party's central committee and Russian Communist Party's Finnish department's main offices chairman.

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Born
Mar 31, 1879
Died
Aug 31, 1920

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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