Editing Juho Kusti Paasikivi (section)

===Last minute 1956 candidacy===
[[File:Paasikiven-hautajaiset.jpg|thumb|Juho Kusti Paasikivi's funeral parade on 14 December 1956]] 
Paasikivi did not actively seek re-election from his second term ending 1 March 1956, when he was age 85. However, Paasikivi was willing to serve as president for about two more years if a great majority of politicians asked him to do so. He appeared as a dark horse presidential candidate on the second ballot of the electoral college on 15 February 1956, but was eliminated as the least popular candidate. His last-minute candidacy was based on a misunderstood message from some conservatives which made him believe that enough Agrarians and Social Democrats would support him.

After his unsuccessful last-minute presidential candidacy, Paasikivi felt betrayed by those politicians who asked him to participate in the election. He even denied giving his consent to the presidential candidacy in a public statement.<ref>See, for example, Pekka Hyvärinen, "Finland's Man:  Urho Kekkonen's Life" / Suomen mies:  Urho Kekkosen elämä, published in Finland in 2000;  Tuomo Polvinen, "J.K. Paasikivi:  The Statesman's Work of Life", final volume – years 1948–1956</ref> He died in December, having not yet finished his memoirs.