High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paavo Virkkunen (27 September 1874, Pudasjärvi 13 July 1959, Pälkäne) was a Finnish conservative politician. He was a member of the Finnish Party and was elected in the parliament in 1914, but joined the National Coalition Party in 1919 . He was five times the Speaker of the Parliament. He became the chairman of the party in 1932 following the six year leadership of Kyösti Haataja.