Editing Mauno Koivisto (section)

==Career==
[[File:Eurajoen Saaristopiirin koulun opettaja Mauno Koivisto luokkineen 1951-52 (34581092591).jpg|thumb|Mauno Koivisto as a teacher with students in a 1950s classroom photo taken at the Saaristopiiri School in [[Eurajoki]]]]
In addition to his political engagements and ongoing career, Koivisto continued with his education, passing his intermediate examination in 1947 and his university entrance examination in 1949. In 1951, he became a primary school teacher. On 22 June 1952,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://users.utu.fi/isoi/esipolvi/kankaanr.htm|title=Kankaanranta|website=users.utu.fi|access-date=2018-05-21}}</ref> he married [[Tellervo Kankaanranta]]. Together they had a daughter, Assi Koivisto, who was later voted to the electoral college during the [[1982 Finnish presidential election|1982 presidential election]]. Koivisto graduated from the [[University of Turku]] with a [[Master of Arts]] degree and a [[Licentiate (degree)|licentiate]] in 1953, and had plans to become a [[Sociology|sociologist]]. Three years later he completed his doctoral thesis, which examined social relations in the Turku dockyards. Koivisto also served as Vocational Counselor for the City of Turku, and as a member of the Turku City Council.
[[File:Mauno-Koivisto-1957b.jpg|thumb|Mauno Koivisto and daughter Assi in 1957]]
In 1957, he started working for the Helsinki Workers' Savings Bank and served as its general manager from 1959 to 1968. In 1968, he was appointed as the chairman of the board at the [[Bank of Finland]], a position he held until 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/bank-of-finland/organization/board/board-members-in-the-history-of-the-bank-of-finland/ |title=Board Members in the history of the Bank of Finland |publisher=Bank of Finland |access-date=2017-04-13 |archive-date=2017-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807192103/https://www.suomenpankki.fi/en/bank-of-finland/organization/board/board-members-in-the-history-of-the-bank-of-finland/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 1960s, he witnessed a number of internal schisms within the Social Democratic Party, and made efforts to improve the party's relationships with both the communists and with President [[Urho Kekkonen]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}