Juho Sunila

Johan (Juho) Emil Sunila (16 August 1875 – 2 October 1936) was a Finnish politician from the Agrarian League, the managing director of the agrarian finance board, and Prime Minister of Finland in two cabinets.[2] He was born in Liminka.

Juho Sunila
11th Prime Minister of Finland[1]
In office 21 March 1931 – 14 December 1932
President	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Preceded by	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Succeeded by	Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
In office 17 December 1927 – 22 December 1928
President	Lauri Kristian Relander
Preceded by	Väinö Tanner
Succeeded by	Oskari Mantere
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
In office 8 July 1930 – 20 October 1930
Preceded by	Paavo Virkkunen
Succeeded by	Kyösti Kallio
Minister of Agriculture
In office 31 March 1925 – 13 December 1926
Prime Minister	Antti Tulenheimo Kyösti Kallio
Preceded by	Ilmari Auer
Succeeded by	Mauno Pekkala
In office 14 November 1922 – 18 January 1924
Prime Minister	Kyösti Kallio
Preceded by	Östen Elfving
Succeeded by	Östen Elfving
Personal details
Born	Johan Emil Sunila (1875-08-16)16 August 1875 Liminka, Finland
Died	2 October 1936(1936-10-02) (aged 61) Helsinki, Finland
Political party	Agrarian

After Santeri Alkio had withdrawn from the Parliament of Finland in 1922, Sunila became, in addition to Kyösti Kallio, the second of the Agrarian Party's strong members in the 1920s. Supported by the agrarian-background governor of the province of Viipuri and the President of Finland Lauri Kristian Relander, he supported productive agrarianism, where the attention of politics was concentrated mainly on making agrarianism more effective instead of widespread improvement of the countryside.

Sunila's first cabinet lasted from December 1927 to December 1928 and his second cabinet lasted from March 1931 to December 1932. Before this, Sunila had served as Minister of Agriculture in two of Kyösti Kallio's cabinets and Antti Tulenheimo's cabinet.[3]

Sunila died in Helsinki, aged 61.