Lawyer who started his political career as a conservative parliamentarian for the Swedish People's party, soon after Finland gained independence in 1917. A fluent speaker of Finnish, Swedish, German, French and English, he was a Foreign minister from 1924 to 1925, and again from 1927 to 1931. After some years in the private sector, he returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Finnish minister to the United States during World War II. After the war, when the political elite in Finland began to experience a difficult relationship with the Soviet Union, Procopé no longer held any governmental positions. As a fierce anti-communist he was in political offside, and he lived most of the time in Sweden. He was one of very few Finns who at that time took an active interest in European issues.
Lawyer who started his political career as a conservative parliamentarian for the Swedish People's party, soon after Finland gained independence in 1917. A fluent speaker of Finnish, Swedish, German, French and English, he was a Foreign minister from 1924 to 1925, and again from 1927 to 1931. After some years in the private sector, he returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Finnish minister to the United States during World War II. After the war, when the political elite in Finland began to experience a difficult relationship with the Soviet Union, Procopé no longer held any governmental positions. As a fierce anti-communist he was in political offside, and he lived most of the time in Sweden. He was one of very few Finns who at that time took an active interest in European issues.
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