Prime Minister of Finland
Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland Suomen pääministeri Finlands statsminister | |
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Member of | Cabinet European Council |
Residence | Kesäranta |
Appointer | The President of the Republic |
Term length | No fixed term Duration of parliamentary convocation, coalition or upon resignation and removal |
Formation | 27 November 1917 |
First holder | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud |
Website | vnk |
The Prime Minister (Finnish: pääministeri, translated as Head Minister, Swedish: statsminister, literally translated as Minister of State) is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who is the Head of State.[1]
The current Prime Minister is Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition Party since 20 June 2023.
List[change | change source]
Living former Prime Ministers[change | change source]
- Esko Aho
20 May 1954 , served 1991–1995 - Paavo Lipponen
23 April 1941 , served 1995–2003 - Anneli Jäätteenmäki
11 February 1955 , served 2003 - Matti Vanhanen
4 November 1955 , served 2003–2010 - Mari Kiviniemi
27 September 1968 , served 2010–2011 - Jyrki Katainen
14 October 1971 , served 2011–2014 - Alexander Stubb
1 April 1968 , served 2014–2015 - Juha Sipilä
25 April 1961 , served 2015–2019 - Antti Rinne
3 November 1962 , served 2019 - Sanna Marin
16 November 1985 , served 2019-2023
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Finnish Council of State. "The Cabinet in Office". Finnish Council of State. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Prime ministers of Finland at Wikimedia Commons
- Official site Archived 2005-11-19 at the Wayback Machine
- From Senate to independent Government Archived 2005-03-21 at the Wayback Machine