List of Prime Ministers of Finland

This is a list of the Prime Ministers of Finland . The Prime Minister has been the head of the Finnish government since 1917 .

List of Prime Ministers

#		image	Name (life data)	Taking office	Resignation	Political party	Cabinet / e
1			Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861-1944)	November 27, 1917	May 27, 1918	NSP	Svinhufvud I
2			Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870-1956)	May 27, 1918	November 26, 1918	SP	Paasikivi I
3			Lauri Ingman (1868-1934)	November 26, 1918	April 17, 1919	COOK	Ingman I
4th			Kaarlo Castrén (1860-1938)	April 17, 1919	August 15, 1919	ED	K. Castrén
5			Juho Vennola (1872–1938)	August 15, 1919	March 15, 1920	ED	Vennola I
6th			Rafael Erich (1879–1946)	March 15, 1920	April 9, 1921	COOK	Eric
(5)			Juho Vennola (1872–1938)	April 9, 1921	June 2, 1922	ED	Vennola II
7th			Aimo Cajander (1879-1943)	June 2, 1922	November 14, 1922	independent	Cajander I.
8th			Kyösti Kallio (1873-1940)	November 14, 1922	January 18, 1924	ML	Kallio I
(7)			Aimo Cajander (1879-1943)	January 18, 1924	May 31, 1924	independent	Cajander II
(3)			Lauri Ingman (1868-1934)	May 31, 1924	March 31, 1925	COOK	Ingman II
9			Antti Tulenheimo (1879–1952)	March 31, 1925	December 31, 1925	COOK	Tulenheimo
(8th)			Kyösti Kallio (1873-1940)	December 31, 1925	December 13, 1926	ML	Kallio II
10			Väinö Tanner (1881–1966)	December 13, 1926	December 17, 1927	SDP	Tanner
11			Juho Sunila (1875-1936)	December 17, 1927	December 22, 1928	ML	Sunila I
12			Oskari Mantere (1874–1942)	December 22, 1928	August 16, 1929	ED	Mantere
(8th)			Kyösti Kallio (1873-1940)	August 16, 1929	July 6, 1930	ML	Kallio III
(1)			Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861-1944)	July 6, 1930	February 16, 1931	COOK	Svinhufvud II
(11)			Juho Sunila (1875-1936)	March 21, 1931	December 14, 1932	ML	Sunila II
13			Toivo Kivimäki (1886–1968)	December 14, 1932	October 7, 1936	ED	Kivimäki
(8th)			Kyösti Kallio (1873-1940)	October 7, 1936	March 12, 1937	ML	Kallio IV
(7)			Aimo Cajander (1879-1943)	March 12, 1937	December 1, 1939	independent	Cajander III
14th			Risto Ryti (1889-1956)	December 1, 1939	January 3, 1941	ED	Ryti I Ryti II
15th			Jukka Rangell (1894-1982)	January 3, 1941	March 5, 1943	ED	Rangell
16			Edwin Linkomies (1894–1963)	March 5, 1943	August 8, 1944	COOK	Linkomies
17th			Antti Hackzell (1881-1946)	August 8, 1944	September 21, 1944	COOK	Hackzell
18th			Urho Castrén (1886-1965)	September 21, 1944	November 17, 1944	COOK	U. Castrén
(2)			Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870-1956)	November 17, 1944	March 26, 1946	COOK	Paasikivi II
19th			Mauno Pekkala (1890–1952)	March 26, 1946	July 29, 1948	SKDL	Pekkala
20th			Karl-August Fagerholm (1901–1984)	July 29, 1948	March 17, 1950	SDP	Fagerholm I.
21st			Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986)	March 17, 1950	17th November 1953	ML	Kekkonen I Kekkonen II Kekkonen III Kekkonen IV
22nd			Sakari Tuomioja (1911–1964)	17th November 1953	May 5th 1954	independent	Tuomioja
23			Ralf Törngren (1899–1961)	May 5th 1954	October 20, 1954	RKP	Törngren
(21)			Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986)	October 20, 1954	17th February 1956	ML	Kekkonen V
(20)			Karl-August Fagerholm (1901–1984)	17th February 1956	May 27, 1957	SDP	Fagerholm II
24			Vieno Sukselainen (1906–1995)	May 27, 1957	November 29, 1957	ML	Sukselainen I.
25th			Rainer von Fieandt (1890–1972)	November 29, 1957	April 26, 1958	independent	by Fieandt
26th			Reino Kuuskoski (1907-1965)	April 26, 1958	August 29, 1958	independent	Kuuskoski
(20)			Karl-August Fagerholm (1901–1984)	August 29, 1958	January 13, 1959	SDP	Fagerholm III
(24)			Vieno Sukselainen (1906–1995)	January 13, 1959	3rd July 1961	ML	Sukselainen II
27			Martti Miettunen (1907-2002)	July 14, 1961	April 13, 1962	ML	Rental tunes I
28			Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1990)	April 13, 1962	18th December 1963	ML	Karjalainen I
29			Reino Ragnar Lehto (1898–1966)	18th December 1963	September 12, 1964	independent	Lehto
30th			Johannes Virolainen (1914-2000)	September 12, 1964	May 27, 1966	ML	Virolains
31			Rafael Paasio (1903-1980)	May 27, 1966	March 22, 1968	SDP	Paasio I
32			Mauno Koivisto (1923-2017)	March 22, 1968	May 14, 1970	SDP	Koivisto I
33			Teuvo Aura (1912–1999)	May 14, 1970	July 15, 1970	independent	Aura I
(28)			Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1990)	July 15, 1970	October 29, 1971	KESK	Karjalainen II
(33)			Teuvo Aura (1912–1999)	October 29, 1971	February 23, 1972	independent	Aura II
(31)			Rafael Paasio (1903-1980)	February 23, 1972	4th September 1972	SDP	Paasio II
34			Kalevi Sorsa (1930-2004)	4th September 1972	June 13, 1975	SDP	Sorsa I.
35			Keijo Liinamaa (1929-1980)	June 13, 1975	November 30, 1975	independent	Liinamaa
(27)			Martti Miettunen (1907-2002)	November 30, 1975	May 15, 1977	KESK	Miettunen II Miettunen III
(34)			Kalevi Sorsa (1930-2004)	May 15, 1977	May 26, 1979	SDP	Sorsa II
(32)			Mauno Koivisto (1923-2017)	May 26, 1979	January 26, 1982	SDP	Koivisto II
(34)			Kalevi Sorsa (1930-2004)	19th February 1982	April 30, 1987	SDP	Sorsa III Sorsa IV
36			Harri Holkeri (1937-2011)	April 30, 1987	April 26, 1991	COOK	Holkeri
37			Esko Aho (* 1954)	April 26, 1991	April 13, 1995	KESK	Ahoy
38			Paavo Lipponen (* 1941)	April 13, 1995	April 17, 2003	SDP	Lipponen I Lipponen II
39			Anneli Jäätteenmäki (* 1955)	April 17, 2003	June 24, 2003	KESK	Jäätteenmäki
40			Matti Vanhanen (* 1955)	June 24, 2003	June 22, 2010	KESK	Vanhanen I Vanhanen II
41			Mari Kiviniemi (* 1968)	June 22, 2010	June 22, 2011	KESK	Kiviniemi
42			Jyrki Katainen (* 1971)	June 22, 2011	June 24, 2014	COOK	Kataines
43			Alexander Stubb (* 1968)	June 24, 2014	May 29, 2015	COOK	Stubb
44			Juha Sipilä (* 1961)	May 29, 2015	June 6, 2019	KESK	Sipilä
45			Antti Rinne (* 1962)	June 6, 2019	December 10, 2019	SDP	Gutter
46			Sanna Marin (* 1985)	December 10, 2019	officiating	SDP	Marin

Interim acting Prime Minister

image		Name (life data)	Taking office	Resignation	Political party	cabinet	Remarks
		Juho Vennola (1872–1938)	February 18, 1931	March 21, 1931	ED	Svinhufvud II	Representation for Pehr Evind Svinhufvud , who was elected President
		Rudolf Holsti (1881–1945)	February 17, 1937	March 12, 1937	ED	Kallio IV	Representation for Kyösti Kallio , who was elected President
		Rudolf Walden (1878-1946)	March 27, 1940	January 4, 1941	independent	Ryti II	Representation for Risto Ryti , who was elected President
		Carl Enckell (1876-1959)	March 9, 1946	March 26, 1946	independent	Paasikivi II	Representation for Juho Kusti Paasikivi , who was elected President
		Eemil Luukka (1892-1970)	3rd July 1961	July 14, 1961	ML
		Eino Uusitalo (1924-2015)	September 11, 1981	19th February 1982	KESK	Koivisto II	Agents Mauno Koivisto , the President Urho Kekkonen represented

useful information

• In 2003, Anneli Jäätteenmäki was the first woman to be elected Prime Minister of Finland.
• So far, only six governments have been in office for four years:
  • Kivimäki cabinet (1932–1936)
  • Sorsa IV cabinet (1983–1987)
  • Holkeri cabinet (1987–1991)
  • Cabinet Aho (1991–1995)
  • Cabinet Lipponen I (1995–1999)
  • Lipponen II cabinet (1999–2003)
• The Sipilä cabinet resigned on March 8, 2019 because of the failed health reform, just under a month before the 2019 parliamentary election .

Toivo Kivimäki even managed to do this with a minority government.

• The Hackzell transitional cabinet only held office for 45 days. Annelli Jäätteenmäki led the shortest term of office of a fixed government with 69 days.
• Urho Kekkonen was Prime Minister of five different governments between 1950 and 1956 before he was elected President .
• Almost 26 years after the end of his first term, Juho Kusti Paasikivi became Prime Minister for the second time in 1944.
• Four parties have only provided the Prime Minister once: The Young Finnish Party (Svinhufvud) and the Finnish Party (Paasikivi), both of which only existed until 1918, the Democratic Union of the Finnish People (Pekkala) and the Swedish People's Party (Törngren).
• The last minority government was led by Martti Miettunen in 1976/77. Before that, there had been 18 minority governments, and eight transitional governments were in office.
• The prime minister earns as much as the speaker of parliament. In May 2011 that was 11,675 euros.

See also

• List of Finnish Governments
• List of Interior Ministers of Finland
• List of Finland's Agriculture and Forestry Ministers
• List of Finnish Environment Ministers
• List of Defense Ministers of Finland

Web links

• List of Finnish Cabinets
• List of Heads of State and Government of Finland World Statesmen.org (English)

Individual evidence