Gunnar Aleksander Korhonen (22 April 1918 – 9 June 2001) was a Finnish politician and the CEO of Finnair from 1960–1987.
Career Korhonen had a degree in economics and worked as a civil servant. He became the CEO of Finnair in 1960. He was the Minister of Social Affairs and Health briefly in 1970 during Aura's caretaker government. During Aura's second caretaker government from 1971–1972 he was both Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Minister of Health and Social Affairs.
In popular culture He was played by Taisto Oksanen in the Finnish docudrama Keihäsmatkat.Kalevi Keihäsen legendaariset etelänmatkat eivät unohdu – lue tästä kohutun matkailukeisarin koko hämmästyttävä tarina, Ilta-Sanomat 2 February 2020. Accessed on 23 July 2021.
See also List of Cabinet Ministers from Finland by ministerial portfolio
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