Prime Minister of Finland

Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland
Suomen pääministeri
Finlands statsminister
Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland; Suomen pääministeri; Finlands statsminister
	Logo of the Prime Minister
	Incumbent; Sanna Marin; since 10 December 2019
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.fi/paaministeri/en.jsp

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 Sanna Marin of the Social Democratic Party since 10 December 2019.

List[change | change source]

Living former Prime Ministers[change | change source]

Esko Aho
(1954-05-20) 20 May 1954 (age 68), served 1991–1995
Paavo Lipponen
(1941-04-23) 23 April 1941 (age 81), served 1995–2003
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
(1955-02-11) 11 February 1955 (age 68), served 2003
Matti Vanhanen
(1955-11-04) 4 November 1955 (age 67), served 2003–2010
Mari Kiviniemi
(1968-09-27) 27 September 1968 (age 54), served 2010–2011
Jyrki Katainen
(1971-10-14) 14 October 1971 (age 51), served 2011–2014
Alexander Stubb
(1968-04-01) 1 April 1968 (age 54), served 2014–2015
Juha Sipilä
(1961-04-25) 25 April 1961 (age 61), served 2015–2019
Antti Rinne
(1962-11-03) 3 November 1962 (age 60), served 2019

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.