Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finland (1865-1952)
Lawyer, politician, and first president of Finland (1919-25), born in Suomussalmi, Finland. Professor of law at Helsinki (1908-18), and a member of the Finnish Government (1908-17), he drafted the Finnish constitution of 1919.
Consistently democratic in outlook, he was among the first Finnish politicians to call for universal suffrage. His draft of a republican constitution (1917) became the basis of the actual constitution of 1919.