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The Finnish Government (Finnish: Suomen valtioneuvosto; Swedish: Finlands statsråd; lit. ' Finland's council of state ' ) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is the executive branch and cabinet of Finland , which directs the politics of Finland and is the main source of legislation proposed to the Parliament .
The politics of Finland take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. Finland is a republic whose head of state is President Alexander Stubb, who leads the nation's foreign policy and is the supreme commander of the Finnish Defence Forces. [1]
Finland is a democratic, parliamentary republic with a central government and local governments in 309 (2021)/308 municipalities (as of 1 January 2025). Greater Helsinki (including Helsinki , Espoo , Vantaa and Kauniainen) totals a million residents and a third of the GDP.
People often identify with their municipality. Government's local administrative duties are performed by the Regional State Administrative Agencies. In addition to municipalities, there are complex other arrangements. Municipalities co-operate in seventy-four sub-regions and twenty regions. These are governed by the member municipalities.
The Parliament of Finland (Finnish: Suomen eduskunta [ˈsuo̯men ˈeduskuntɑ]; Swedish: Finlands riksdag [ˈfinlɑnds ˈriksdɑː(ɡ)]) is the unicameral and supreme legislature of Finland, founded on 9 May 1906. [2] In accordance with the Constitution of Finland, sovereignty belongs to the people, and that power is vested in the Parliament. [3]
Finland's incoming coalition government said on Friday it had agreed to cut refugee quotas, raise the bar for work-based immigration and make it more difficult for foreigners to obtain citizenship ...
In 1918, the Senate of Finland was transformed into the Government of Finland, and the position of vice-chairman of the Economic Division was transformed into that of the prime minister. Kesäranta, located in the westerly Meilahti subdivision of Helsinki, has been the official residence of the prime minister of Finland since 1919.
FINNBAY – "Golden Days Where Finland's Education A Success Is Over" Public School Insights interview with Reijo Laukkanen, a 34-year veteran of Finland's National Board of Education Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Posted 2008-09-29; The Wall Street Journal – "What Makes Finnish Kids So Smart?", 2008-02-29