Taisto Sinisalo

Finnish politician (1926–2002)

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Taisto Jalo Sinisalo (29 June 1926 – 26 March 2002) was a Finnish communist politician, MP of the SKDL (1962–1978), leader of the Communist Party of Finland’s hardline pro-Soviet faction (also known as taistoists after Sinisalo's first name) and vice chairman of the party (1970–1982).^[1]^[2] After the SKP split in the 1980s, Sinisalo became the first chairman of the Communist Party of Finland (Unity) (SKPy).

References

^ Starck, Kathleen (19 February 2010). Between Fear and Freedom: Cultural Representations of the Cold War. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-4438-2029-5.
^ Palonen, Kari (2011). Redescriptions: Yearbook of Political Thought, Conceptual History and Feminist Theory. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 76. ISBN 978-3-643-99890-3.