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Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Henrik Koivisto was a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982. He was also the first member of the Social Democratic Party to be elected as President of Finland.
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politics · Finnish politician, President of Finland (1923–2017) · politician · economist · bank manager · also Mauno Koivisto, Mauno Henrik Koivisto, Koivisto
Born 25 November 1923 · Died 12 May 2017 · Q29021
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
Yle: Arkisto: Mauno Koivisto - uuden ajan presidentti
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2022· 1 entry
Published “New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias” in Nature Genetics — cited 2,347 times.
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2019· 4 entries
Yle: Erittäin salainen, Mauno Koivisto
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kaleva.fi: Mauno Koivisto saa muistomerkin Helsinkiin
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Published “The rise of motivational information systems: A review of gamification research” in International Journal of Information Management — cited 1,324 times.
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Published “Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing” in Nature Genetics — cited 2,873 times.
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2018· 2 entries
Published “Coincident general relativity” in Physical Review D — cited 894 times.
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Published “Cosmology and fundamental physics with the Euclid satellite” in Living Reviews in Relativity — cited 796 times.
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2017· 5 entries
Yle: Laulava fundeeraaja, syvästi tunteva suunnannäyttäjä – Pertti Paasio muistelee Mauno Koivistoa
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Yle: Mauno Koivisto laid to rest in Helsinki
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Yahoo: Mauno Koivisto, Finland's former president, dies at 93
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Died 2017-05-12.
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Published “Rare coding variants in PLCG2, ABI3, and TREM2 implicate microglial-mediated innate immunity in Alzheimer's disease” in Nature Genetics — cited 961 times.
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Does Gamification Work? -- A Literature Review of Empirical Studies on Gamification” in 2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences — cited 3,301 times.
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2013· 1 entry
Published “Cosmology and Fundamental Physics with the Euclid Satellite” in Living Reviews in Relativity — cited 702 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Koivisto declined to apologize to Estonia that his administration did not support the country's independence movement
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2004· 1 entry
Published “Imaging brain amyloid in Alzheimer's disease with Pittsburgh Compound‐B” in Annals of Neurology — cited 3,728 times.
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2001· 2 entries
Won: Estonia (November 2001).
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Awarded Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002 and Ronald Reagan in 2004
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1995· 1 entry
Published “In vivo amplification of the androgen receptor gene and progression of human prostate cancer” in Nature Genetics — cited 1,184 times.
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1994· 1 entry
Earned Gold Olympic Order (1994).
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1993· 5 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1993).
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Awarded Order of the White Eagle (1993).
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Awarded Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (1993).
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Won: Italy (September 1993).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (1993).
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1992· 2 entries
Won: Portugal (April 1992).
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Koivisto initiated the process of Finnish accession to the European community
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1991· 1 entry
Concurrently with the fall of Soviet Union
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1990· 5 entries
Won: Finland (1990).
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Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (1990).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion (1990).
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Partly motivated by nationalism, partly by the fear of the declining work force, Koivisto proposed that any Soviet citizen with either Finnish or Ingrian ancestry be enabled to immigrate to Finland as a returnee
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After the reunification of Germany, Koivisto unilaterally renounced the terms of the Paris Peace Treaties which limited the strength and armament of the Finnish Defence Forces
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1989· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of Charles III (1989).
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Awarded Order of Ojaswi Rajanya (1989).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Polish People's Republic (1989).
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1988· 1 entry
Won: Finland (1988).
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1987· 3 entries
Awarded Collar of the Order of the White Lion (1987).
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Won: Czechoslovakia (1987).
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Awarded Order of al-Hussein bin Ali (1987).
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1986· 3 entries
Won: Yugoslavia (1986).
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Awarded Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum (1986).
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Awarded Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star (1986).
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1985· 4 entries
Won: Finland (1985).
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Awarded Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria (1985).
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Awarded Order of Stara Planina (1985).
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Awarded Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1985).
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1984· 4 entries
Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (1984).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1984).
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Awarded Grand Star of People's Friendship (1984).
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Awarded Order of San Marino (1984).
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1983· 7 entries
Won: Denmark (April 1983).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1983).
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Won: France (1983).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav (1983).
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Awarded Order of the Elephant (1983).
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Awarded Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1983).
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Won: Norway (1983).
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1982· 8 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1982).
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Won: Iceland (October 1982).
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Won: Sweden (April 1982).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty (1982).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1982).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Falcon (1982).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1982).
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Career landmark: President of Finland (1982–1994).
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1980· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (1980).
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Won Medal for Military Merits (1980).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1980).
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1979· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of San Carlos (1979).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Finland (1979–1982).
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1978· 1 entry
Won: Finland (1978).
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1977· 1 entry
Won: Finland (1977).
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1972· 2 entries
Career landmark: Deputy Prime Minister of Finland (1972–1972).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1972–1972).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1971).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1970).
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1968· 3 entries
Career landmark: Prime Minister of Finland (1968–1970).
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Career landmark: Governor of the Bank of Finland (1968–1982).
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Was appointed as the chairman of the board at the Bank of Finland, a position he held until 1982
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1966· 1 entry
Career landmark: Minister of Finance (1966–1967).
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1957· 1 entry
Started working for the Helsinki Workers' Savings Bank and served as its general manager from 1959 to 1968
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1956· 1 entry
Won Memorial medal of the Continuation War (1956).
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1949· 1 entry
Communist-controlled trade unions attempted to topple Karl-August Fagerholm's social democratic minority government, and the Social Democratic leadership of the Finnish Confederation of Trade Unions (SAK) declared the po
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1947· 1 entry
And his university entrance examination in 1949
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1944· 1 entry
Won Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class (1944).
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1940· 1 entry
Won Memorial medal of the Winter War (1940).
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1939· 1 entry
Joined a field firefighting unit at the age of 16
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1923· 1 entry
Born 1923-11-25.
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