Rolf Witting
Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder Rolf Johan Witting (30 September 1879 in Viipuri – 11 October 1944 in Porvoon maalaiskunta) was a Finnish oceanographist and politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1924–1943.<ref name="edustajamartikkeli-rolfwitting">Template:Cite web</ref>
Scientific career
Witting graduated as Abitur in 1897, Candidate of Philosophy in 1901, Master of Philosophy in 1907, Licentiate 1909 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1910.<ref name="edustajamartikkeli-rolfwitting" /> He served as the director-general of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research from 1918–1936.<ref name="edustajamartikkeli-rolfwitting" />
Politics
He was elected as a Member of Parliament on 1 May 1924 from Uusimaa constituency.<ref name="edustajamartikkeli-rolfwitting" /> He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs 1934–1936, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1937–1943.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Witting served in business life as a head of corporate government in the Hanken School of Economics, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters and the Geographical Society of Finland. Also he was as a member of corporate government in Teollisuushypoteekkipankki, Suomen pankkiyhdistys and Hufvudstadsbladet.<ref name="edustajamartikkeli-rolfwitting" />
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- 1879 births
- 1944 deaths
- Politicians from Vyborg
- People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- Swedish-speaking Finns
- Finnish people of German descent
- Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians
- Ministers for foreign affairs of Finland
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (1924–1927)
- Finnish people of World War II
- Continuation War
- University of Helsinki alumni
- World War II political leaders