# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-mechelin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:17:07.788Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-mechelin"
name: "Leo Mechelin"
slug: "leo-mechelin"
description: "Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin, known as Leo Mechelin, was a Finnish politician, professor, liberal reformer and businessman. A leading defender of the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland, and of the rights of women and minorities, Mechelin's 1905–1908 government\n(\"Mechelin's Senate\") made Finland the first nation in the world with the universal right to vote and to be elected. During his period in office the freedom of expression, the press, and of assembly were introduced. Mechelin was born and died in Helsinki, Finland."
tagline: "Finland Swedish politician and academic (1839–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Mechelin_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1839-11-24"
deathDate: "1914-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.51983866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ليو ميكيلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Mechelin"
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    title: "Leo Mechelin"
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    title: "Leo Mechelin"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump