Antti Hackzell

Antti Hackzell
26th Prime Minister of Finland
In office 8 August 1944 – 21 September 1944
President	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Preceded by	Edwin Linkomies
Succeeded by	Urho Castrén
Personal details
Born	20 September 1881 Mikkeli
Died	14 January 1946 (aged 64)
Political party	National Coalition Party

Antti Verner Hackzell (September 20, 1881 – January 14, 1946) was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland in 1944.^[1]

Career

Hackzell was the Governor of Viborg Province (1918–1920), the ambassador of Finland to the Soviet Union (1922–1927)^[2] and served as the deputy director (1930–1936) and director (1936–1945) of Finnish Employers Association. Hackzell was also the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1932-1936 in the cabinet of Toivo Kivimäki.

In summer 1944 Hackzell was chosen to form a government with the goal of signing a peace treaty with Soviet Union. Hackzell suffered a stroke while on peace treaty negotiations in Moscow on 14 September, and he never recovered completely. His minister of foreign affairs, Carl Enckell, concluded the negotiations.

Family origins

The Hackzell family name derives from the Hacksta family estate, located in Hacksta, Uppland in Sweden. Through Mårten Hackzell, the only child of the Uppland clergyman Andreas Hackzelius,^[3][4] and through Mårten's offspring, the Hackzell family spread to Norrland and Finland.

References

1. "Ministerikortisto" (in Finnish). Valtioneuvosto.
2. "Suomen edustustopäälliköt Moskovassa" (in Finnish). Embassy of Finland, Moscow. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
3. Svenska män och kvinnor – by Bonniers förlag, 1954.
4. "Book of Coats of Arm" by passagen.se.