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Santeri Alkio (Finnicized form of ''Aleksander Filander''; 17 June 1862 in Laihia, Finland – 24 July 1930 in Laihia) was a Finnish politician, author and journalist. He is also considered to be the ideological father of Finnish Centre Party. ==History== Alkio's parents were Juho and Maria (née Jakku) Filander. He married teacher Anna Augusta Falenius in 1896. Initially Santeri Alkio was active in the Young Finnish Party, but in the end decided it was too liberal for the farming population; urbanized parties did not, in his estimation, pay enough attention to the causes that were most important to farmers. To keep the agrarian folk from becoming ensnared by socialism, he founded the ''Etelä-Pohjanmaan Nuorsuomalainen Maalaisliitto'' ("Young-Finnish Countrymens' Union of Southern Ostrobothnia"), which he later fused into the less ideological ''Maalaisväestön liitto'' ("Union of the Rural Population", later Centre Party of Finland). Alkio became the chief ideologue of the Maalaisliitto, and is still considered the father of the party in spirit. The party still refers to ''alkioish'' tendencies in some of its factions. Alkio was a member of the Finnish House of Representatives from 1907–1908 and again from 1914–1922. He was vice-chairman of the Eduskunta in 1917 and 1918, and minister of social affairs from 1919–1920. He was the minister of social affairs of the Vennola government from (15 August 1919 – 15 March 1920). An ardent temperance-movement activist, he participated in drafting the Finnish Prohibition and also was the minister responsible for the confirmation of president K. J. Ståhlberg. Alkio was an extremely prolific author. He founded the newspaper ''Ilkka'' and was its editor through the years 1906–1930. His likeness graced a Finnish stamp on 17 July 1962. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Santeri Alkio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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