Rolf Witting
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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.[1] He served as the director-general of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research from 1918–1936.[1]
Politics
He was elected as a Member of Parliament on 1 May 1924 from Uusimaa constituency.[1] He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs 1934–1936, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1937–1943.[2]
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.[1]
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