List of Prime Ministers of Finland
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Prime Minister of Finland
The Prime Minister is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who is the Head of State. The current Prime Minister is Jyrki Katainen of the National Coalition Party.-Overview:...

s of Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

since the establishment of that office in 1917.

History

In 1918, the Finnish Senate
Senate of Finland
The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in the independent Republic of Finland from 1917 to 1918....

 was transformed into the Council of State (or cabinet
Cabinet (government)
A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...

) of Finland, and the position of Vice-Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate was transformed into that of a Prime Minister
Prime minister
A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime...

. Kesäranta
Kesäranta
Kesäranta is the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland. It is located in the Meilahti area of Helsinki, overlooking a bay on the north-west side of the city. The Finnish name Kesäranta means "summer shore"...

 (in Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

 Villa Bjälbo), located in the Meilahti
Meilahti
Meilahti is a neighbourhood of Helsinki between Mannerheimintie and a bay named Seurasaarenselkä. Most of the houses in Meilahti were built in the 1930s and 1940s. Meilahti is home to over 6700 people including the President of Finland Tarja Halonen who lives on the shore in the President's...

 area of Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, has been the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland since 1919.

Since its independence (declared on 6 December 1917), Finland has had 72 cabinets, including the current one, the longest lasting being the two cabinets of Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen
Paavo Lipponen
Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005...

, both lasting 1,464 days.

Before the 1980s cabinets tended to be shortlived: the President
President of Finland
The President of the Republic of Finland is the nation's head of state. Under the Finnish constitution, executive power is vested in the President and the government, with the President possessing extensive powers. The President is elected directly by the people of Finland for a term of six years....

 was the most important political figure and he had the right to form a new cabinet whenever he wanted. From the 1980s onwards cabinets have tended to serve full terms (although the Prime Minister may have changed midterm in a few cases, most of the other cabinet has remained nearly unchanged) and the Prime Minister has become more powerful a figure than the President. Under the current constitution the Prime Minister is chosen by the Parliament
Parliament of Finland
The Eduskunta , is the parliament of Finland. The unicameral parliament has 200 members and meets in the Parliament House in Helsinki. The latest election to the parliament took place on April 17, 2011.- Constitution :...

 and only appointed by the President.

List of Prime Ministers

Name
(Born-Died)
Portrait Term of office Party Election Cabinet
1 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad , December 15, 1861 – February 29, 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence...


(1861–1944)
27 November 1917 27 May 1918 Finnish Party (SP)
Finnish Party
The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society...

1917
Finnish parliamentary election, 1917
The Finnish parliamentary election 1917 was a result of the constitutional crisis in Finland resulting from the Russian revolution. As the Russian tsar, head of state in Finland, had abdicated without there being a successor, the Finnish parliament stated that it would take the highest power in...

1. Svinhufvud I
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate was the first government of the independent Kingdom of Finland.The Senate's term spanned from November 27, 1917 – May 27, 1918. The Senate sat in Vaasa during the Finnish Civil War from January 29 to May 3, 1918 and was named as Vaasa Senate....


SP
Finnish Party
The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society...

NSP
Young Finnish Party
The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland...

–ML–RKP
2 Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Juho Kusti Paasikivi was the seventh President of Finland . Representing the Finnish Party and the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister of Finland , and was generally an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years...


(1870–1956)
27 May 1918 27 November 1918 Finnish Party (SP)
Finnish Party
The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society...

2. Paasikivi I
Juho Kusti Paasikivi's first senate
Juho Kusti Paasikivi's first senate was the Kingdom of Finland's second senate. Its time period was May 27, 1918 – November 27, 1918.Two members of Finnish Party and Swedish Party's Frey resigned from the cabinet at June 29 in 1918...


SP
Finnish Party
The Finnish Party was a Fennoman conservative political party in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland and independent Finland. Born out of Finland's language strife in the 1860s, the party sought to improve the position of the Finnish language in Finnish society...

/Kok.–NSP
Young Finnish Party
The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland...

/Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

–ML–RKP
3 Lauri Ingman
Lauri Ingman
Lauri Ingman was a Finnish theologian, bishop and politician. From 1916 to 1930 he was the professor of practical theology in the University of Helsinki...


(1868–1934)
27 November 1918 17 April 1919 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 3. Ingman I
Lauri Ingman's first cabinet
Lauri Ingman's first cabinet was the first government of Republic of Finland.Cabinet's time period was from November 27, 1918 to April 17, 1919, following the surrender of Germany and the consequent republican transformation of the Finnish form of state....


Kok.–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
4 Kaarlo Castrén
Kaarlo Castrén
Kaarlo Castrén was a Finnish politician and Prime Minister of Finland . He represented the National Progressive Party.Castrén was born in Turtola and graduated in 1887 as a Bachelor of Law...


(1860–1938)
17 April 1919 15 August 1919 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

1919
Finnish parliamentary election, 1919
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 March 1919. The Social Democratic Pary emerged as the largest in Parliament with 80 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 67.1%.-Background:...

4. K.Castrén
Kaarlo Castrén's cabinet
Kaarlo Castrén's cabinet was the second government of Republic of Finland.Cabinet's time period was from April 17, 1919 to August 15, 1919. It's was a Minority government...


ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
5 Juho Vennola
Juho Vennola
Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the National Progressive Party, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times.Vennola's first government was from August 15, 1919 to March...


(1872–1938)
15 August 1919 15 March 1920 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

5. Vennola I
Juho Vennola's first cabinet
Juho Vennola's first cabinet was the third government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from August 15, 1919–March 15, 1920. It was a minority government....


ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

6 Rafael Erich
Rafael Erich
Rafael Waldemar Erich was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party, Professor, diplomat, and Prime Minister of Finland ....


(1879–1946)
15 March 1920 9 April 1921 National Coalition Party
National Coalition Party (Finland)
The National Coalition Party is a liberal conservative political party in Finland founded in 1918.The National Coalition Party is one of the four largest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party and the True Finns...

6. Erich
Rafael Erich's cabinet
Rafael Erich's cabinet was the sixth government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 15, 1920–April 9, 1921. It was Minority government....


Kok.–ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
(5) Juho Vennola
Juho Vennola
Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the National Progressive Party, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times.Vennola's first government was from August 15, 1919 to March...


(1872–1938)
9 April 1921 2 June 1922 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

7. Vennola II
Juho Vennola's second cabinet
Juho Vennola's second cabinet was the sixth government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 9, 1921–July 2, 1922. It was Minority government. Minister of the Interior Heikki Ritavuori was assassinated in Helsinki February 14 in 1922 in front of his home door. This was the...


ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

7 Aimo Cajander
Aimo Cajander
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander was, outside of botany, best known as Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War....


(1879–1943)
2 June 1922 14 November 1922 none (caretaker cabinet) 1922
Finnish parliamentary election, 1922
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 July 1922. The Social Democratic Pary remained the largest in Parliament with 53 of the 200 seats...

8. Cajander I
Aimo Cajander's first cabinet
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander first's cabinet was the eighth government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from June 2, 1922 to November 14, 1922. It was a caretaker government....

8 Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio was the fourth President of Finland . He was a prominent leader of the Agrarian League, and served as Prime Minister four times and Speaker of the Parliament six times.-Early life:...


(1873–1940)
14 November 1922 18 January 1924 Agrarian League (ML) 9. Kallio I
Kyösti Kallio's first cabinet
Kyösti Kallio's first cabinet was the eighth government of Republic of Finland. The cabinet's time period was from November 14, 1922–January 18, 1924. It was Minority government...


ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

(7) Aimo Cajander
Aimo Cajander
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander was, outside of botany, best known as Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War....


(1879–1943)
18 January 1924 31 May 1924 none (caretaker cabinet) 1924
Finnish parliamentary election, 1924
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 April 1924. Although the Social Democratic Pary remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Lauri Ingman of the National Coalition Party formed a centre-right majority government in May 1924. It remained intact until the...

10. Cajander II
Aimo Cajander's second cabinet
Aimo Cajander's second cabinet was the 10th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from January 18, 1924 to May 31, 1924. It was a caretaker government....

(3) Lauri Ingman
Lauri Ingman
Lauri Ingman was a Finnish theologian, bishop and politician. From 1916 to 1930 he was the professor of practical theology in the University of Helsinki...


(1868–1934)
31 May 1924 31 March 1925 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 11. Ingman II
Lauri Ingman's second cabinet
Lauri Ingman's second cabinet was the 11th cabinet of independent Finland between 31 May 1924 – 31 March 1925. It was formed following the 1924 parliamentary elections between four parties—National Coalition Party, Agrarian Party, National Progressive Party and Swedish People's...


Kok.–ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

, RKP
9 Antti Tulenheimo
Antti Tulenheimo
Antti Agathon Tulenheimo was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party who served as Prime Minister of Finland in 1925.-References:...


(1879–1952)
31 March 1925 31 December 1925 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 12. Tulenheimo
Antti Tulenheimo's cabinet
Antti Tulenheimo's cabinet was the government of Finland from March 31, 1925 to December 31, 1925. It was formed between National Coalition Party and Agrarian Party, and had four ministers from National Coalition Party, five from Agrarian Party and four neutral. The cabinet lasted 276 days in office...


Kok.–ML
(8) Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio was the fourth President of Finland . He was a prominent leader of the Agrarian League, and served as Prime Minister four times and Speaker of the Parliament six times.-Early life:...


(1873–1940)
31 December 1925 13 December 1926 Agrarian League (ML) 13. Kallio II
Kyösti Kallio's second cabinet
Kyösti Kallio's second cabinet was the 13th government of Finland from December 31, 1925 to December 13, 1926. It was formed between Agrarian Party and National Coalition Party, and had six ministers from each party. The cabinet lasted 348 days in office....


ML–Kok.
10 Väinö Tanner
Väinö Tanner
Väinö Tanner was a pioneer and leader in the cooperative movement in Finland, and Prime Minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927....


(1881–1966)
13 December 1926 17 December 1927 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

14. Tanner
Väinö Tanner's cabinet
Väinö Tanner's cabinet was the 14th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from December 13, 1926 to December 17, 1927. It was Minority government government.Cabinet's Deputy Minister of Agriculture Miina Sillanpää was the first women minister of Finland....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

11 Juho Sunila
Juho Sunila
Johan Emil Sunila was a Finnish politician from the Agrarian League, the managing director of the agrarian finance board, and Prime Minister of Finland in two cabinets ....


(1875–1936)
17 December 1927 22 December 1928 Agrarian League (ML) 1927
Finnish parliamentary election, 1927
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1927. Although the Social Democratic Pary remained the largest in Parliament with 60 of the 200 seats, Juho Sunila of the Agrarian League formed a minority government in May 1924. It remained intact until the Agrarians left in November 1924...

15. Sunila I
Juho Sunila's first cabinet
Juho Sunila's first cabinet was the 15th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from December 17, 1927 to December 22, 1928. It was Minority government government. Cabinet's fell because of the opposition interpellation....


ML
12 Oskari Mantere
Oskari Mantere
Oskari Mantere was a Finnish politician from the National Progressive Party who served as Prime Minister of Finland from December 1928 to August 1929.-References:...


(1874–1942)
22 December 1928 16 August 1929 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

16. Mantere
Oskari Mantere's cabinet
Oskari Mantere's cabinet was the 16th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from December 22, 1928 to August 16, 1929. It was Minority government government....


Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

(8) Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio was the fourth President of Finland . He was a prominent leader of the Agrarian League, and served as Prime Minister four times and Speaker of the Parliament six times.-Early life:...


(1873–1940)
16 August 1929 4 July 1930 Agrarian League (ML) 1929
Finnish parliamentary election, 1929
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1929. The result was a victory for the Agrarian League, which won 60 of the 200 seats in Parliament...

17. Kallio III
Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet
Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet was the 17th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from August 16, 1929 to July 4, 1930, 1929. It was Majority government only formed by the Agrarian League....


ML
(1) Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad , December 15, 1861 – February 29, 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Russian Grand Duchy of Finland, he played a major role in the movement for Finnish independence...


(1861–1944)
4 July 1930 18 February 1931 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 1930
Finnish parliamentary election, 1930
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 October 1930. The Social Democratic Party emerged as the largest in Parliament with 66 of the 200 seats. Voter turnout was 65.9%.-Background:...

18. Svinhufvud II
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's second cabinet
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's second cabinet was the 18th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from July 4, 1930 to March 21, 1931. It was Majority government....


ML–Kok.–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
(11) Juho Sunila
Juho Sunila
Johan Emil Sunila was a Finnish politician from the Agrarian League, the managing director of the agrarian finance board, and Prime Minister of Finland in two cabinets ....


(1875–1936)
21 March 1931 14 December 1932 Agrarian League (ML) 19. Sunila II
Juho Sunila's second cabinet
Juho Sunila's second cabinet was the 19th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 21, 1931–December 14, 1932. It was Majority government....


ML–Kok.–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
13 Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
Toivo Mikael Kivimäki , J.D., was head of the department of civil law at Helsinki University 1931–1956, Prime Minister of Finland 1932–1936, and Finland's ambassador to Berlin 1940–1944 ....


(1886–1968)
14 December 1932 7 October 1936 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

1933
Finnish parliamentary election, 1933
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland between 1 and 3 July 1933. The Social Democratic Party remained the largest party in Parliament with 78 of the 200 seats...

20. Kivimäki
ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
(8) Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio
Kyösti Kallio was the fourth President of Finland . He was a prominent leader of the Agrarian League, and served as Prime Minister four times and Speaker of the Parliament six times.-Early life:...


(1873–1940)
7 October 1936 17 February 1937 Agrarian League (ML) 1936
Finnish parliamentary election, 1936
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1936.-Background:Finland had clearly recovered from the Great Depression since 1933, and unemployment had been almost eliminated. Prime Minister Kivimäki wanted to continue in office and to broaden his narrow right-wing minority government...

21. Kallio IV
Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet
Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet was the 21st government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from October 7, 1936 to March 12, 1937. It was Minority government.-References:...


ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

(7) Aimo Cajander
Aimo Cajander
Aimo Kaarlo Cajander was, outside of botany, best known as Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War....


(1879–1943)
12 March 1937 1 December 1939 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

1939
Finnish parliamentary election, 1939
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939.-Background:The leading issues of the 1939 Finnish parliamentary election, held on 1 and 2 July, were the distribution of the growing prosperity's benefits, the prospects for the centre-left coalition government's continuation, the...

22. Cajander
Aimo Cajander's third cabinet
Aimo Cajander's third cabinet was the 22nd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 12, 1937 to December 1, 1939. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
14 Risto Ryti
Risto Ryti
Risto Heikki Ryti was the fifth President of Finland, from 1940 to 1944. Ryti started his career as a politician in the field of economics and as a political background figure during the interwar period. He made a wide range of international contacts in the world of banking and within the...


(1889–1956)
27 March 1940 19 December 1940 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

23. Ryti I
Risto Ryti's first cabinet
Risto Ryti's first cabinet was the 23rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from December 1, 1939 to March 27, 1940. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
24. Ryti II
Risto Ryti's second cabinet
Risto Ryti's second cabinet was the 24th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 27, 1940 to January 4, 1941. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–Kok.–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
15 Johan Wilhelm Rangell
Johan Wilhelm Rangell
Johan Wilhelm Rangell was the Prime Minister of Finland from 1941 to 1943 . Educated as a lawyer, he was a close acquintance of President Risto Ryti before the war, and made his initial career as a banker in the Bank of Finland...


(1894–1982)
4 January 1941 5 March 1943 National Progressive Party (Ed.)
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

25. Rangell
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–Kok.–RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

IKL
Patriotic People's Movement (Finland)
Patriotic People's Movement, abbreviated to IKL), was a Finnish nationalist and anti-communist political party. IKL was the successor of the previously banned Lapuan liike...

16 Edwin Linkomies
Edwin Linkomies
Edwin Johannes Hildegard Linkomies was Prime Minister of Finland March 1943 to August 1944, and one of the seven politicians sentenced to 5½ years in prison as allegedly responsible for the Continuation War, on the demand of the Soviet Union...


(1894–1963)
5 March 1943 8 August 1944 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 26. Linkomies
Edwin Linkomies' cabinet
Edwin Linkomies's cabinet was the 26th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 5, 1943–September 8, 1944. It was Majority government....


Kok.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

17 Antti Hackzell
Antti Hackzell
Antti Verner Hackzell was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland in 1944....


(1881–1946)
8 August 1944 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 27. Hackzell
Antti Hackzell's cabinet
Antti Hackzell's cabinet was the 27th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from September 8, 1944 to October 21, 1944. It was a majority government....


Kok.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

18 Urho Castrén
Urho Castrén
Urho Jonas Castrén was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland in 1944....


(1886–1965)
17 November 1944 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 28. U.Castrén
Urho Castrén's cabinet
Urho Castrén's cabinet was the 28th government of Republic of Finland, in office from October 21, 1944, to November 17, 1944. It was a majority government.-References:...


Kok.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

(2) Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Juho Kusti Paasikivi was the seventh President of Finland . Representing the Finnish Party and the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister of Finland , and was generally an influential figure in Finnish economics and politics for over fifty years...


(1870–1956)
17 November 1944 9 March 1946 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 29. Paasikivi II
Juho Kusti Paasikivi's second cabinet
Juho Kusti Paasikivi's cabinet was the 29th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from November 17, 1944 to April 17, 1945 . It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

–ML–Kok.–RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

1945
Finnish parliamentary election, 1945
Eduskunta election in 1945 was held from March 17 to 18, 1945. In Finland, the communists could for the first time since 1929 freely present their candidates. Through the Finnish People's Democratic League, they were able to win over a large section of Social Democratic voters. The Patriotic...

30. Paasikivi III
Juho Kusti Paasikivi's third cabinet
Juho Kusti Paasikivi's third cabinet was the 30th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 17, 1945–March 26, 1946. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

–ML–Ed.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

RKP
19 Mauno Pekkala
Mauno Pekkala
Mauno Pekkala was a Finnish left-wing politician and Prime Minister from 1946 to 1948 . Pekkala was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland until he left the party during the Continuation war. After the war, Pekkala joined the Finnish People's Democratic League , an alliance of...


(1890–1952)
26 March 1946 29 July 1948 Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL)
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

31. Pekkala
Mauno Pekkala's cabinet
Mauno Pekkala's cabinet was the 31st government of the Republic of Finland. The cabinet's time period was from March 26, 1946 to August 29, 1948. It was Majority government. Pekkala's cabinet did many major reforms including the child benefit security....


SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–RKP
20 Karl-August Fagerholm
Karl-August Fagerholm
Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War...


(1901–1984)
29 July 1948 17 March 1950 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1948
Finnish parliamentary election, 1948
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1948.-Background:The political atmosphere during the July 1948 Finnish parliamentary elections was heated. Many Finns across the party lines believed that the Communists and People's Democrats had pursued their goal of making Finland a...

32. Fagerholm I
Karl-August Fagerholm's first cabinet
Karl-August Fagerholm's first cabinet was the 32nd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from August 29, 1948 to March 17, 1950...


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

21 Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen...


(1900–1986)
17 March 1950 17 November 1953 Agrarian League (ML) 33. Kekkonen I
Urho Kekkonen's first cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's first cabinet was the 33rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from March 17, 1950 to January 17, 1951...


ML–RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

34. Kekkonen II
Urho Kekkonen's second cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's second cabinet was the 33rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from January 17, 1951 to October 20, 1951. It was Majority government....


ML–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

RKPEd.
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

1951
Finnish parliamentary election, 1951
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1951.-Background:Urho Kekkonen had served as Prime Minister since March 1950, after losing the February 1950 presidential election clearly to President J.K...

35. Kekkonen III
Urho Kekkonen's third cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's third cabinet was the 35th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from October 20, 1951 to August 9, 1953. It was Majority government....


ML–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

RKP
36. Kekkonen IV
Urho Kekkonen's fourth cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's third cabinet was the 36th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from August 9, 1953 to November 17, 1953. It was Majority government....


ML–RKP
22 Sakari Tuomioja
Sakari Tuomioja
Sakari Severi Tuomioja was a Finnish politician , diplomat, Prime Minister of Finland during the caretaker government which was formed in 1953...


(1911–1964)
17 November 1953 5 May 1954 none (caretaker cabinet) 37. Tuomioja
Sakari Tuomioja's cabinet
Sakari Tuomioja's cabinet was the 37th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from November 17, 1953 to May 5, 1954. It was Caretaker government....

23 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren
Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren, , was a Finnish politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954...


(1899–1961)
5 May 1954 20 October 1954 Swedish People's Party (RKP) 1954
Finnish parliamentary election, 1954
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 7 and 8 March 1954.-Background:In June 1953, Prime Minister Kekkonen had presented a simultaneous deflationary program, which tried to lower wages, prices and public expenditures to the level of the export industry's profitability...

38. Törngren
Ralf Törngren's cabinet
Ralf Törngren's cabinet was the 38th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from May 5, 1954 to October 20, 1954. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–RKP
(21) Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen...


(1900–1986)
20 October 1954 3 March 1956 Agrarian League (ML) 39. Kekkonen V
Urho Kekkonen's fifth cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's fifth cabinet was the 39th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from October 20, 1954 to March 3, 1956. It was Majority government. Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen was elected as President of Finland at February 15 in 1956 and resigned....


ML–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

(20) Karl-August Fagerholm
Karl-August Fagerholm
Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War...


(1901–1984)
3 March 1956 27 May 1957 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

40. Fagerholm II
Karl-August Fagerholm's second cabinet
Urho Kekkonen's fifth cabinet was the 40th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from October 20, 1954 to March 3, 1956. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–RKP
24 Vieno Johannes Sukselainen
V. J. Sukselainen
Vieno Johannes Sukselainen , was twice Prime Minister of Finland and four times Speaker of the Parliament.Sukselainen was born in Paimio. He was a member of the Centre Party. He died in Espoo....


(1906–1995)
27 May 1957 29 November 1957 Agrarian League (ML) 41. Sukselainen I
Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's first cabinet
Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's first cabinet was the 41st government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 27, 1957 to November 29, 1957. It was Minority government....


ML–RKPKp.
People's Party of Finland (1951)
The People's Party of Finland was a Finnish liberal political party founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party....

–TPSL
25 Rainer von Fieandt
Rainer von Fieandt
Berndt Rainer von Fieandt was a Finnish official without party affiliation who served as Prime Minister of Finland in 1957 to 1958 .-References:...


(1890–1972)
29 November 1957 26 April 1958 none (caretaker cabinet) 42. von Fieandt
Rainer von Fieandt's cabinet
Rainer von Fieandt's cabinet was the 42nd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from November 29, 1957 to April 26, 1958. It was caretaker government. Cabinet fell by interpellation of the opposition last in Finland....

26 Reino Kuuskoski
Reino Kuuskoski
Reino Iisakki Kuuskoski was a jurist born in Loimaa, Finland.Kuuskoski performed ministerial duties in Finland on two occasions. His first ministerial appointment was between November 17, 1953 and May 5, 1954 as Minister of Justice as part of Finland's 37th Government...


(1907–1965)
26 April 1958 29 August 1958 none (caretaker cabinet) 43. Kuuskoski
Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet
Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet was the 43rd government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 26, 1958 to September 29, 1958. It was caretaker government....

(20) Karl-August Fagerholm
Karl-August Fagerholm
Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War...


(1901–1984)
29 August 1958 13 January 1959 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1958
Finnish parliamentary election, 1958
Year 1958 Eduskunta election took place 6–7 July 1958. As the result of the election Democratic Alliance of the Finnish People has been one of a few cases for a communist party to have become the dominant party in a Western European country during the Cold War...

44. Fagerholm III
Karl-August Fagerholm's third cabinet
Karl-August Fagerholm's third cabinet was the 44th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from September 29, 1958 to January 13, 1959. It was Majority government.Fagerholm's third cabinet was formed after parliament elections in 1958...


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–ML–Kok.–RKPKp.
People's Party of Finland (1951)
The People's Party of Finland was a Finnish liberal political party founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party....

(24) Vieno Johannes Sukselainen
V. J. Sukselainen
Vieno Johannes Sukselainen , was twice Prime Minister of Finland and four times Speaker of the Parliament.Sukselainen was born in Paimio. He was a member of the Centre Party. He died in Espoo....


(1906–1995)
13 January 1959 14 July 1961 Agrarian League (ML) 45. Sukselainen II
Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's second cabinet
Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's second cabinet was the 45th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from January 13, 1959 to August 14, 1961. It was a minority government....


ML/Kesk.–RKP
27 Martti Miettunen
Martti Miettunen
Martti Johannes Miettunen , was a politician in Finland. He was prime minister in 1961–1962 and 1975–1977.Miettunen was born in Simo...


(1907–2002)
14 July 1961 13 April 1962 Agrarian League (ML) 46. Miettunen I
Martti Miettunen's first cabinet
Martti Miettunen's first cabinet was the 46th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from August 14, 1961 to April 13, 1962. It was Minority government....


Kesk.
28 Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms...


(1923–1990)
13 April 1962 18 December 1963 Agrarian League (ML) 1962
Finnish parliamentary election, 1962
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 4 and 5 February 1962.-Background:Sukselainen's second minority government had resigned in 1961, followed by Prime Minister Martti Miettunen's first government, also a centrist minority government. In the spring of 1961, Mr...

47. Karjalainen I
Ahti Karjalainen's first cabinet
Ahti Karjalainen's first cabinet was the 47th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 13, 1962 to December 18, 1963. It was a majority government. Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders left the government in October 1963....


Kesk.–Kok.–RKPKp.
People's Party of Finland (1951)
The People's Party of Finland was a Finnish liberal political party founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party....

–TPSL
29 Reino Ragnar Lehto
Reino Ragnar Lehto
Reino Ragnar Lehto served as the caretaker Prime Minister of Finland from December 18, 1963 to September 12, 1964. He then served as governor of Uusimaa province from 1964 until his death on July 13, 1966....


(1898–1966)
18 December 1963 12 September 1964 none (caretaker cabinet) 48. Lehto
30 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen was a Finnish politician.Virolainen was born near Viipuri. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland...


(1914–2000)
12 September 1964 27 May 1966 Centre Party (Kesk.) 49. Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen's cabinet
Johannes Virolainen's cabinet was the 49th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from October 12, 1964 to May 27, 1966. It was majority government....


Kesk.–Kok.–RKPKp.
People's Party of Finland (1951)
The People's Party of Finland was a Finnish liberal political party founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party....

31 Rafael Paasio
Rafael Paasio
Kustaa Rafael Paasio was a prominent Finnish politician and editor from Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Finland twice ....


(1903–1980)
27 May 1966 22 March 1968 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1966
Finnish parliamentary election, 1966
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 20 and 21 March 1966.-Background:Prime Minister Johannes Virolainen had led a centre-right coalition government since September 1964. Meanwhile, the Social Democratic leader Rafael Paasio had moved the party somewhat more to the left, in order to...

50. Paasio I
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

–TPSL
32 Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Henrik Koivisto is a Finnish politician who served as the ninth President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as Prime Minister 1968–1970 and 1979–1982...


(1923– )
22 March 1968 14 May 1970 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1970
Finnish parliamentary election, 1970
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 15 and 16 March 1970.-Background:Social Democrat Mauno Koivisto had replaced his party leader Rafael Paasio as Prime Minister in March 1968. His government was very broad-based, including the Social Democrats, Centrists, Communists, Swedish People's...

51. Koivisto I
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

–TPSL–RKP
33 Teuvo Aura
Teuvo Aura
Teuvo Ensio Aura was a Finnish politician from liberal party. He served as Mayor of Helsinki and interim Prime Minister of Finland twice, 1970 and 1971–72.-References:...


(1912–1999)
14 May 1970 15 August 1970 none (caretaker cabinet) 52. Aura I
Teuvo Aura's first cabinet
Teuvo Aura's first cabinet was a caretaker government of Finland, led by Teuvo Aura , which governed two months in the interregnum between Mauno Koivisto's first cabinet and Ahti Karjalainen's second cabinet. It did not produce a government platform....

(28) Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms...


(1923–1990)
15 August 1970 29 October 1971 Centre Party (Kesk.) 53. Karjalainen II
Kesk.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

RKPLKP
Liberals (Finland)
Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

(33) Teuvo Aura
Teuvo Aura
Teuvo Ensio Aura was a Finnish politician from liberal party. He served as Mayor of Helsinki and interim Prime Minister of Finland twice, 1970 and 1971–72.-References:...


(1912–1999)
29 October 1971 23 February 1972 none (caretaker cabinet) 54. Aura II
(31) Rafael Paasio
Rafael Paasio
Kustaa Rafael Paasio was a prominent Finnish politician and editor from Social Democratic Party. He served as Prime Minister of Finland twice ....


(1903–1980)
23 February 1972 4 September 1972 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1972
Finnish parliamentary election, 1972
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 and 3 January 1972.-Background:Prime Minister Karjalainen's centre-left government lost one party, the Communists, in March 1971 and was forced to resign in October 1971, due to the Social Democrats' and Centrists' disagreement over the amount of...

55. Paasio II
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

34 Kalevi Sorsa
Kalevi Sorsa
Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1983 and 1983–1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister...


(1930–2004)
4 September 1972 13 June 1975 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

56. Sorsa I
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–RKPLKP
Liberals (Finland)
Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

35 Keijo Liinamaa
Keijo Liinamaa
Keijo Antero Liinamaa was a lawyer and caretaker Prime Minister of Finland.Liinamaa, a lawyer specialised in labour law, began his career working for the Finnish Central Union of Trade Unions . In 1958, at only 29 years of age, he became the town manager of Mänttä, an industrial municipality in...


(1929–1980)
13 June 1975 30 November 1975 none (caretaker cabinet) 57. Liinamaa
(27) Martti Miettunen
Martti Miettunen
Martti Johannes Miettunen , was a politician in Finland. He was prime minister in 1961–1962 and 1975–1977.Miettunen was born in Simo...


(1907–2002)
30 November 1975 15 May 1977 Centre Party (Kesk.) 1975
Finnish parliamentary election, 1975
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 21 and 22 September 1975.-Background:Prime Minister Kalevi Sorsa's government survived until June 1975. It resigned because of internal disagreements over the ways to combat Finland's recession, which had largely been caused by the 1973 Oil Crisis,...

58. Miettunen II
Kesk.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

RKPLKP
Liberals (Finland)
Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

59. Miettunen III
Kesk.–RKPLKP
Liberals (Finland)
Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

(34) Kalevi Sorsa
Kalevi Sorsa
Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1983 and 1983–1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister...


(1930–2004)
15 May 1977 26 April 1979 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

60. Sorsa II
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

RKPLKP
Liberals (Finland)
Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

(32) Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Koivisto
Mauno Henrik Koivisto is a Finnish politician who served as the ninth President of Finland from 1982 to 1994. He also served as Prime Minister 1968–1970 and 1979–1982...


(1923– )
26 April 1979 26 January 1982 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1979
Finnish parliamentary election, 1979
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 18 and 18 March 1979.-Background:Prime Minister Miettunen's centrist minority government had resigned in May 1977. After a two-year break, Social Democrat Kalevi Sorsa returned to office as Prime Minister...

61. Koivisto II
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

RKP
(34) Kalevi Sorsa
Kalevi Sorsa
Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1983 and 1983–1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister...


(1930–2004)
26 January 1982 30 April 1987 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

62. Sorsa III
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–SKDL
Finnish People's Democratic League
Finnish People's Democratic League was a Finnish political organisation with the aim of uniting those left of the Finnish Social Democratic Party...

RKPLKP
Liberals (Finland)
Liberals is a free market liberal party in Finland. Founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League. Originally named Liberal People's Party , it restyled its name as Liberals in 2000....

1983
Finnish parliamentary election, 1983
The Finnish parliamentary election in 1983 was held after the victory of Mauno Koivisto in the presidential election of 1982. As was customary in Finland after a presidential election, the government resigned after Koivisto's victory in January 1982...

63. Sorsa IV
SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kesk.–RKPSMP
Finnish Rural Party
The Finnish Rural Party was a Finnish populist party. Starting out as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian League in 1959, the party was identified with the person of Veikko Vennamo, a former Agrarian League Member of Parliament known for his opposition to the politics of President Urho Kekkonen...

36 Harri Holkeri
(1937–2011)
30 April 1987 26 April 1991 National Coalition Party (Kok.) 1987
Finnish parliamentary election, 1987
The Finnish parliamentary election of 1987 moved the country somewhat to the right. It was uncertain how far, because the voter participation rate--at a comparatively low 75 percent, 5 percent lower than usual--hurt the left more than the right and had a varying impact...

64. Holkeri
Kok.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

RKPSMP
Finnish Rural Party
The Finnish Rural Party was a Finnish populist party. Starting out as a breakaway faction of the Agrarian League in 1959, the party was identified with the person of Veikko Vennamo, a former Agrarian League Member of Parliament known for his opposition to the politics of President Urho Kekkonen...

37 Esko Aho
Esko Aho
Esko Tapani Aho is a statesman and former Prime Minister of Finland.-Early life and career:Aho was born in Veteli, Finland. Prior to attending university, he began a career in politics. From 1974 to 1979, he was Chairman of the Finnish Centre Youth, which had before him grown many of his...


(1954– )
26 April 1991 13 April 1995 Centre Party (Kesk.) 1991
Finnish parliamentary election, 1991
The Finnish Parliamentary election of 1991, held on March 17, was historic, since it led to the Centre Party becoming the largest parliamentary party, forming a purely centre-right government for the first time after 1966 The Finnish Parliamentary election of 1991, held on March 17, was historic,...

65. Aho
Kesk.–Kok.–RKPKD
Christian Democrats (Finland)
The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of...

38 Paavo Lipponen
Paavo Lipponen
Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005...


(1941– )
13 April 1995 17 April 2003 Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

1995
Finnish parliamentary election, 1995
The 32nd elections to the Finnish parliament were held on March 19, 1995. The previous centre-right cabinet fell, as the Social Democrats made strong gains and achieved the best result of any party after the Second World War...

66. Lipponen I
Paavo Lipponen's first Cabinet
Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet was the 66th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 13, 1995 to April 15, 1999. It was Majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kok.–RKPVas.
Left Alliance (Finland)
The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland. It was founded on the basis of the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Communist Party of Finland in 1990....

Vihr.
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

1999
Finnish parliamentary election, 1999
The 1999 Finnish parliamentary election was held on March 21, 1999. Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen's Social Democrats remained the largest party of the Eduskunta, despite significant losses...

67. Lipponen II
Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet
Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet was the 67th government of the Republic of Finland. The cabinet's time period was from April 15, 1999 to April 17, 2003. It was a majority government....


SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

–Kok.–RKPVas.
Left Alliance (Finland)
The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland. It was founded on the basis of the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Communist Party of Finland in 1990....

Vihr.
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

39 Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki, Master of Laws was the first female Prime Minister of Finland, in office from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003....


(1955– )
17 April 2003 24 June 2003 Centre Party (Kesk.) 2003
Finnish parliamentary election, 2003
The Finnish parliamentary election of 2003 was the 34th election to the Eduskunta , held on 16 March 2003 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term...

68. Jäätteenmäki
Anneli Jäätteenmäki's Cabinet
Anneli Jäätteenmäki's cabinet was the 68th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from April 17, 2003 to June 24, 2003. It was Majority government....


Kesk.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

RKP
40 Matti Vanhanen
Matti Vanhanen
Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician. He is a former Prime Minister of Finland and a former Chairman of the Centre Party. In the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist...


(1955– )
24 June 2003 22 June 2010 Centre Party (Kesk.) 69. Vanhanen I
Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet
Matti Vanhanen's cabinet is the 69th cabinet of Finland. The previous cabinet, that of Anneli Jäätteenmäki, cabinet lasted only for 69 days, and it fell because of the Iraq-gate scandal....


Kesk.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

RKP
2007
Finnish parliamentary election, 2007
The Finnish parliamentary election of 2007 was the 35th election to the Eduskunta , held on 18 March 2007 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. Two hundred MPs were elected from 15 constituencies.Election themes included a reduction...

70. Vanhanen II
Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet
Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet was the 70th cabinet of Finland. The cabinet was a centre-right/green coalition, consisting of four parties: the Centre Party Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet (April 2007 - June 2010 ) was the 70th cabinet of Finland. The cabinet was a centre-right/green coalition,...


Kesk.–Kok.–RKPVihr.
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

41 Mari Kiviniemi
Mari Kiviniemi
Mari Johanna Kiviniemi is a Finnish politician and former Prime Minister of Finland. On 22 June 2010, as the new leader of the Centre Party, she was elected Prime Minister of Finland by the Finnish Parliament following the resignation of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen...


(1968– )
22 June 2010 22 June 2011 Centre Party (Kesk.) 71. Kiviniemi
Mari Kiviniemi's cabinet
The Council of State chaired by Mari Kiviniemi, the 71st government to be formed since Finland's independence, was appointed by President Tarja Halonen on 22 June 2010. The It was a coalition government comprising the Centre Party , the National Coalition , the Greens , and the Swedish People's...


Kesk.–Kok.–RKPVihr.
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

42 Jyrki Katainen
Jyrki Katainen
Jyrki Tapani Katainen is the Prime Minister of Finland and chairman of the country's largest party, the National Coalition Party.-Career:...


(1971– )
22 June 2011 Incumbent National Coalition Party (Kok.) 2011
Finnish parliamentary election, 2011
An election to the Eduskunta was held on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%....

72. Katainen
Jyrki Katainen's cabinet
Jyrki Katainen's cabinet is the 72nd cabinet of Finland, formed as a result of the 2011 post-parliamentary election negotiations between the Finnish parliamentary parties...


Kok.–SDP
Social Democratic Party of Finland
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many...

RKPVas.
Left Alliance (Finland)
The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland. It was founded on the basis of the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Communist Party of Finland in 1990....

Vihr.
Green League
The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....

KD
Christian Democrats (Finland)
The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of...


Interim Prime Ministers

Name
(Born-Died)
Portrait Term of office Party Note
Juho Vennola
Juho Vennola
Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the National Progressive Party, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times.Vennola's first government was from August 15, 1919 to March...


(1872–1938)
18 February 1931 21 March 1931 National Progressive Party
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

Substitute to Svinhufvud, who became President of Finland
Rudolf Holsti
Rudolf Holsti
Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finnish politician, journalist and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Finland 1919–1922 and 1936–1938 and a member of the Finnish Parliament 1913–1918 representing the Young Finnish Party...


(1881–1945)
17 February 1937 12 March 1937 National Progressive Party
National Progressive Party (Finland)
The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party...

Substitute to Kyösti Kallio, who became President of Finland

(1878–1946)
27 March 1940 4 January 1941 none Substitute to Risto Ryti, who became President of Finland
Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell was a Finnish politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg...


(1876–1959)
9 March 1946 26 March 1946 none Substitute to Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who became President of Finland
Eemil Luukka
Eemil Luukka
Eemil Vihtori Luukka was a Finnish politician from the Agrarian League and most remembered as an advocate of Karjalan Liitto....


(1892–1970)
3 July 1961 14 July 1961 Agrarian League
Eino Uusitalo
Eino Uusitalo
Eino Uusitalo is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party.Uusitalo has the education of an agronomist. He was a member of the parliament from 1955 to 1983 from the list of Centre Party. He was Minister of the Interior in Ahti Karjalainen cabinet in 1971 and Miettunen, Sorsa and Koivisto cabinets...


(1924– )
Centre Party Substitute to Mauno Koivisto, who became President of Finland

See also

  • Politics of Finland
    Politics of Finland
    Politics of Finland takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic and of a multi-party system. The President of Finland is the head of state, leads the foreign policy, and is the Commander-in-chief of the Defense Forces. The Prime Minister of Finland is the head...

  • Lists of incumbents
  • President of Finland
    President of Finland
    The President of the Republic of Finland is the nation's head of state. Under the Finnish constitution, executive power is vested in the President and the government, with the President possessing extensive powers. The President is elected directly by the people of Finland for a term of six years....

  • Senate of Finland
    Senate of Finland
    The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in the independent Republic of Finland from 1917 to 1918....


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