Finland 5 Euro 2017. Urho Kaleva Kekkonen

Finland. 5 euro 2017 year. The eighth president of Finland, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, who held the post from 1956 to 1982,

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900 - August 31, 1986) is a famous Finnish politician, the eighth president of Finland. Three times dissolved the parliament during his uninterrupted 25-year reign.

Was born on September 3, 1900. During the Civil War in 1918 fought in the ranks of the White Guard. In 1919 he graduated from the Lyceum and went to serve in the automobile battalion in Helsinki. In 1921 he entered the university at the Faculty of Law. From 1926 to 1956, one of the leaders of the party Peasant Union. Since 1934 a member of parliament. Since 1956 the President of Finland. Like Paassikivi, he was a supporter of the policy of establishing cultural and economic cooperation with the USSR. This foreign policy was known as the "Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line".

Obverse: a portrait of the sixth president of Finland is depicted. Above, along the edge of the coin, inscriptions are engraved: the name of the politician is "URHO KALEVA KEKKONEN" and his years of life are "1900-1986".

Reverse: depicts the silhouette of an open book on which the urban and rural landscape is stylized. Along the edge of the coin are engraved inscriptions: on the left - "SUOMI", at the top - "FINLAND", on the right - "2017", at the bottom - "5 EURO". On the coin there is a letter "L" - a sign of designer Tero Lounas (Tero Lounas), and a trademark of the Mint of Finland.

Issue date August 14, 2017