deaths
May 12, 2017
Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (born 1923)
Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Henrik Koivisto was a Finnish politician who served as the ninth president of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as the country's prime minister twice, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1979 to 1982. He was also the first member of the Social Democratic Party to be elected as President of Finland.
May 12
May 12 is the 132nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 233 days remain until the end of the year.