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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.
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 ...
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 result was a victory for Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who won on the first ballot. [2] The turnout for the popular vote was 63.8%. [3] President Paasikivi was at first reluctant to seek re-election, at least in regular presidential elections. He considered asking the Finnish Parliament to re-elect him through another emergency law.
The contest's outcome, the re-election of Mauno Koivisto, surprised no one, yet he captured a smaller portion of the direct popular vote than expected—only 48.9 percent, [4] rather than the 60 to 70 percent forecast by opinion polls during 1987. His failure to win more than half of the direct, or popular, vote with an 84 percent turnout meant ...
Former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has narrowly won a runoff vote to become Finland's next president, who will steer security policy that includes integrating the new NATO member into the ...
Alexander Stubb declared himself winner of Finland's presidential election on Sunday after a campaign built on promises to make the most of his country's new membership of NATO and back Ukraine in ...
In 2000, Finland's first female president, Tarja Halonen, took office. [38] The former President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. [39] President Sauli Niinistö held office since 2012 until 2024. [40] On 1 March 2024, Alexander Stubb, a staunch supporter of NATO, was sworn in as Finland’s new president. [41]