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The president of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavallan presidentti; Swedish: republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March 2024. He was elected president for the first time in 2024. [2] The president is directly elected by universal suffrage for a term of ...
Finland's first prime minister, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (also later the 3rd president of Finland), was appointed on 27 November 1917, just a few days before the country declared its independence. The incumbent prime minister is Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition Party. Orpo was sworn in on 20 June 2023.
Elected as president by an electoral college in 1982 and re-elected in 1988. The first president born in independent Finland. Served in the Continuation War of the Second World War. 10. Martti Ahtisaari (1937–2023) 1994: 1 March 1994 1 March 2000 Social Democratic Party of Finland * 23 June 1937, Viipuri † 16 October 2023, Helsinki
Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (Finland Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑi ˈjœːrɑn ɑlekˈsɑndær ˈstʉbː], born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician who has been the president of Finland since 2024. He previously served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015.
Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945). The only Field Marshal and Marshal of Finland. Decreed as president in 1944 by an exception law. Resigned in 1946 because of poor health. Finland's only non-partisan president and the only president to die outside Finland. 7.
(born 1941) 13 April 1995 17 April 2003 8 years, 5 days 1995: Social Democratic: 66. Lipponen I SDP–KOK–RKP–VAS–VIHR: 1999: 67. Lipponen II SDP–KOK–RKP–VAS–VIHR: Tarja Halonen (2000–2012) 39 Anneli Jäätteenmäki (born 1955) 17 April 2003 24 June 2003 69 days 2003: Centre: 68. Jäätteenmäki KESK–SDP–RKP: 40 Matti ...
Sanna Mirella Marin (Finnish: [ˈsɑnːɑ ˈmirelːɑ ˈmɑriːn]; [1] born 16 November 1985) is a Finnish former politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 2020 to 2023. She was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2023.
President Length of term Took office Left office Note Urho Kekkonen: 25 years, 332 days: 1 March 1956 27 January 1982 4 terms serving, 3rd longer [1] and last shorter than normal • resigned due to poor health Mauno Koivisto: 12 years, 33 days: 27 January 1982 1 March 1994 2 terms serving, 1st slightly over a month longer than normal [2] Tarja ...