Walto Wihtori Tuomioja was Leader of the National Progressive Party and Member of Parliament, and Eljas Erkko's predecessor as Editor-in-Chief in Helsingin Sanomat newspaper.

Tuomioja was appointed Governor of the Bank of Finland, in 1945 after Risto Ryti had resigned because of his sentencing for war guilt.

[5] Tuomioja was appointed on 11 April 1950 to head the Finnish delegation in trade negotiations with the Soviet Union.

[6] As Finland fought for economic difficulties at the beginning of the 1950s, the export industry had to work to improve its position.

Urho Kekkonen, who served as Prime Minister, was suspicious of the program but started to drive it.

[1] When the program of Tuomioja and Aura developed from the knockout of Social Democrats and the Labour Union began, the employers also saw it as unrealistic.

Kekkonen asked Tuomioja to prepare a new economic program for the government, which would allow for a sufficient majority of votes.

[3] Tuomioja did not apply for a further extension after the first three years in the European Economic Commission, and finally returned to Finland where he was thought to be planning to become a candidate for the 1962 presidential election.

[1] When returning to Finland, Tuomioja started work as a negotiating officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 November 1960.