Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ( 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. Mannerheim served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, Regent of Finland (1918–1919), commander-in-chief of Finland's defence forces during World War II (1939–1945), Marshal of Finland, and the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946).
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 4 June 1867 Askainen, Finland
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Died |
27 January 1951 (aged 83) Lausanne, Switzerland
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Zodiac | Gemini |
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