Juho Kusti Paasikivi

Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870–1956) was a Finnish statesman who served as prime minister in 1944–1946 and as president from 1946 to 1956. A conservative banker and veteran negotiator with Moscow, who led the Finnish delegation at Tartu in 1920 and in the talks before the Winter War, he built the post-war policy of neutrality and trust with the Soviet Union, the so-called Paasikivi line, sealed by the treaty of 1948 and continued by Urho Kekkonen.