Nestori Kaasalainen

Nestor Johannes "Nestori" Kaasalainen (14 February 1915 – 1 March 2016) was a Finnish politician who served twice as Finland's Minister of Agriculture, whose active career spanned the 1950s and 1960s. He was elected from his home town of Tyrvää (later Vammala, the six rural union (later Keskustan) parliamentary district, he represented the northern election of Turku county. After his career as a member of parliament, he moved from 1972 to 1980 as an administrative director and member of the board of directors at Alko. ^[1]

Nestori Kaasalainen
Kaasalainen in 1967
Minister of Agriculture
In office 27 May 1966 – 21 March 1968
Preceded by	Mauno Jussila
Succeeded by	Martti Miettunen
In office 15 July 1970 – 28 February 1971
Preceded by	Nils Westermarck
Succeeded by	Samuli Suomela
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
In office 1 March 1971 – 28 October 1971
Preceded by	Nils Westermarck
Succeeded by	Samuli Suomela
Personal details
Born	(1915-02-14)14 February 1915 Pyhäjärvi, Finland
Died	1 March 2016(2016-03-01) (aged 101) Sipoo, Finland
Political party	Agrarian League

Kaasalainen died in Sipoo on 1 March 2016 at the age of 101.^[2]