Rolf Witting


Rolf Johan Witting was a Finnish oceanographist and politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1924–1943.

Scientific career

Witting graduated as Abitur in 1897, Candidate of Philosophy in 1901, Master of Philosophy in 1907, Licentiate 1909 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1910. He served as the director-general of the Finnish Institute of Marine Research from 1918–1936.

Politics

He was elected as a Member of Parliament on 1 May 1924 from Uusimaa constituency. He was deputy minister for Foreign Affairs 1934-1936, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs 1940-1943.
Witting served in business life as a head of corporate government in the Hanken School of Economics, the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters and the Geographical Society of Finland. Also he was as a member of corporate government in Teollisuushypoteekkipankki, Suomen pankkiyhdistys and Hufvudstadsbladet.