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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 ...
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.
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]
Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the U.N. Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an "illegal war" such ...
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 ...
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg became the 1st president of Finland. [8] 1920: 14 October: Treaty of Tartu was signed to improve relations with the Soviet Union. 31 December: The Treaty of Tartu became effective. 1925: 2 March: Lauri Kristian Relander became president of Finland. [8] 1931: 2 March: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud became president of Finland. [8] 1932
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 ...