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Presidents used to be elected indirectly, by an electoral college or by Parliament, but since 1994 the president has been elected directly by the people for a term of six years. The president must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The office was established by the Constitution Act of 1919. The current president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March ...
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 ...
The president, as grand master, awards decorations and medals belonging to the Order of the White Rose of Finland, the Order of the Lion of Finland and the Order of the Cross of Liberty to Finnish and foreign citizens. Likewise, titles of honor are awarded by the president; these include, for example, "professor" and different "counsellor" titles.
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.
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 ...
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.
Name (Birth–Death) Term of office Election Party Cabinet Coalition President (Tenure) Took office Left office Duration; 1 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861–1944) 27 November 1917 27 May 1918 182 days 1917: Young Finnish: 1. Svinhufvud I SP–NSP–ML–RKP : None 2 Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870–1956) 27 May 1918 27 November 1918 185 days ...
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