Lehto cabinet

Lehto Cabinet
48th Cabinet of Finland
Date formed	18 December 1963 (1963-12-18)
Date dissolved	12 September 1964 (1964-09-12)
People and organisations
President	Urho Kekkonen
Prime Minister	Reino Ragnar Lehto
Deputy Prime Minister	Aarne Nuorvala
Status in legislature	Caretaker government
History
Predecessor	Karjalainen I
Successor	Virolainen

Reino Lehto's cabinet was the 48th government of Republic of Finland. The cabinet existed from December 18, 1963 to September 12, 1964. ^[1] It is the longest caretaker government in Finnish history.

Assembly

Minister	Period of office	Party
Prime Minister Reino Lehto Aarne Nuorvala, deputy Reino Oittinen, deputy	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964 December 18, 1963 – June 8, 1964 June 12, 1964 – September 12, 1964	Independent Independent Independent
Minister at Council of State Aarne Nuorvala	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs Jaakko Hallama	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Justice Olavi Merimaa  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Defence Kaarlo Leinonen	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of the Interior Arno Hannus  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Finance Esko Rekola  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Deputy Minister of Finance Heikki Tuominen  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Education Reino Oittinen	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Agriculture Samuli Suomela  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Transport and Public Works Martti Niskala  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Trade and Industry Olavi J. Mattila	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Aarno Niini  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Minister of Social Affairs Olof Ojala  [ fi ]	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Magnus Kull	December 18, 1963 – September 12, 1964	Independent

References

1. "48. Lehto". Finnish Government. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

Preceded by Ahti Karjalainen's first cabinet

Cabinet of Finland December 18, 1963–September 12, 1964

Succeeded by Johannes Virolainen's cabinet