Kekkonen I Cabinet

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Kekkonen's First Cabinet
33rd Cabinet of Finland
Group picture of Kekkonen's first government March 18, 1950 at the President's palace.
Date formed	17 March 1950
Date dissolved	17 January 1951
People and organisations
President	Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Prime Minister	Urho Kekkonen
No. of ministers	11
Total no. of members	19
Member parties	Agrarian League National Progressive Party Swedish People's Party
Status in legislature	Minority 74 / 200 (37%)
Opposition parties	Social Democratic Party Finnish People's Democratic League National Coalition Party Åland Coalition
History
Predecessor	Fagerholm I Cabinet
Successor	Kekkonen II Cabinet

Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Finland. The cabinet existed from 17 March 1950 to 17 January 1951. It was a minority government. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Urho Kekkonen.^[1]

During the cabinet's run, Kekkonen took a more significant role in the management of Soviet relations than president Paasikivi. For example, as Prime Minister, Kekkonen signed the Soviet-sponsored World Peace Council act banning atomic weapons. In June 1950, Kekkonen travelled to Moscow to agree on the first five-year agreement between Finnish-Soviet trade. The cabinet's foreign policy lead to an improvement in Finnish-Soviet relationships.

One of the cabinet's problems was the large inflation caused by the Korean War.