Facts: - death place: lohja , finland - president: urho kekkonen - caption: johannes virolainen in 1955 - order: prime minister of finland - successor: rafael paasio - party: agrarian league/centre party - deputy: ahti karjalainen - predecessor: reino ragnar lehto - death date: 11 december 2000 - spouse: kaarina virolainen kyllikki virolainen -lrb- 1981 -- 2000 -rrb- - term end: 27 may 1966 - term start: 12 september 1964 - birth date: 31 january 1914 - name: johannes virolainen - nationality: finnish - image: johannesvirolainen.jpg - birth place: viipurin maalaiskunta , finland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of johannes virolainen .
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johannes virolainen -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 31 january 1914 -- 11 december 2000 -rrb- was a finnish politician .virolainen was born near viipuri .after the continuation war virolainen moved to lohja , but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated karelians , and never gave up the hope that soviet union and later russia would return finnish karelia to finland .after world war ii virolainen became the first president of the maaseudun nuorten liitto later known as finnish centre youth , which has been educating tens of ministers and hundreds of members of the finnish parliament .he was also famous as a teetotaller , saying that the only circumstance where he would countenance downing a toast would be if karelia was ceded back to finland .he was fond of repeating the line , and it has been claimed that he said it to , among others , nikita khrushchev and anastas mikoyan on the soviet side , to fend off needling by them for lacking the soviet style of social graces .a member of the agrarian league -lrb- later the centre party -rrb- , virolainen was a member of parliament 1945 -- 1983 and 1987 -- 1991 .he had a long ministerial career , serving as assistant minister of the interior 1950 -- 1951 ; minister at the council of state chancellery 1951 , and 1956 -- 1957 ; minister of education 1953 , 1954 , 1956 -- 1957 , and 1968 -- 1970 ; minister for foreign affairs 1954 -- 1956 , 1957 , and 1958 ; deputy prime minister 1957 , 1958 , 1962 -- 1963 , 1968 -- 1970 , and 1977 -- 1979 ; minister of agriculture 1961 -- 1962 , 1962 -- 1963 ; minister of finance 1972 -- 1975 ; and minister of agriculture and forestry 1976 -- 1977 and 1977 -- 1979 .virolainen was prime minister in 1964 -- 1966 , presiding over a coalition government comprising the centre party , national coalition party , swedish people 's party , and finnish people 's party .he also served as speaker of the parliament in 1966 -- 1968 and 1979 -- 1982 .virolainen is considered one of the strongest centre party leaders in the post-war era , second...