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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.
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.
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 ...
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
(born 1955) 17 April 2003 24 June 2003 69 days 2003: Centre: 68. Jäätteenmäki KESK–SDP–RKP: 40 Matti Vanhanen (born 1955) 24 June 2003 22 June 2010 6 years, 364 days — Centre: 69. Vanhanen I KESK–SDP–RKP: 2007: 70. Vanhanen II KESK–KOK–RKP–VIHR: 41 Mari Kiviniemi (born 1968) 22 June 2010 22 June 2011 1 year, 1 day — Centre ...
Antti Petteri Orpo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑntːi ˈpetːeri ˈorpo]; born 3 November 1969) [1] is a Finnish politician currently serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023 and as the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016. [2] He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.
Acting presidents are included in this list, but if a leader has non-consecutive terms, only the current period of service is listed. States where head of state differs from head of government are mainly parliamentary systems. Often a leader holds both positions in presidential systems or dictatorships.