Prime Minister of Finland 231789 221368552 2008-06-24T06:00:08Z SilvonenBot 6351353 robot Modifying: [[pt:Anexo:Lista de primeiros-ministros da Finlândia]] {{Politics of Finland}} The '''Prime Minister''' ({{lang-fi|pääministeri}}, [[Finland-Swedish|Swedish]]: ''statsminister'') is the [[Head of Government]] of [[Finland]]. The Prime Minister is appointed by the [[President of Finland|President]], who is the [[Head of State]]. The current Prime Minister is [[Matti Vanhanen]] of the [[Suomen Keskusta|Centre Party]]. ==Overview== Under the provisions of the new [[Constitution of Finland]] (enacted in [[2000]]), the President nominates a Prime Minister after the parties in the [[Parliament of Finland|''Eduskunta'']] (Parliament) have negotiated the distribution of seats in the new [[Finnish Council of State|Council of State]] and the government's programme. Parliament must ratify the nominated Prime Minister with an [[absolute majority]] in a [[vote]] without other candidates. If the nominee doesn't receive sufficient support, then a new round of negotiations and a second nomination by the President follows. If the second nominee also fails to gain an absolute majority, then a third vote occurs, in which any member of Parliament can nominate a candidate; in this round a [[plurality]] is sufficient for election. The President's formal appointment follows Parliament's election. The above procedure was first used to elect [[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]] to the Prime Ministership in [[2003]]. Previously it was assumed that the President would nominate the candidate who in a third round of voting would have gained a relative majority, usually the leader of the largest party. Before the new Constitution came into force, full formal powers to appoint the Prime Minister and the rest of the Council of State had been the privilege of the President, who was free to diverge from [[parliamentary]] principles, although ministers appointed had to have the confidence of the Parliament. The Prime Minister nominates the remaining members of the Council of State, who are then, with the consent of Parliament, appointed by the President. In [[1918]], the [[Senate of Finland|Finnish Senate]] was transformed into the [[Cabinet of Finland|Council of State]] (or [[cabinet]]) of Finland, and the position of ''Vice-Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate'' was transformed into that of a [[Prime Minister]]. [[Kesäranta]] (in [[Swedish language|Swedish]] Villa Bjälbo), located in the [[Meilahti]] area of [[Helsinki]], has been the official residence of the Prime Minister of Finland since [[1919]]. Since its independence (declared on [[December 6]]th, [[1917]]), Finland has had 86 cabinets, the longest lasting being the two cabinets of Prime Minister [[Paavo Lipponen]], both lasting 1,464 days. == List of Prime Ministers == {| |- | style="vertical-align: top;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="empty-cells: show; border-collapse: collapse" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! Period ! Prime Minister ! Born-died ! Party |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 2003- | [[Matti Vanhanen]] | 1955- | [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 2003 | [[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]] | 1955- | [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1995-2003 | [[Paavo Lipponen]] | 1941- | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1991-1995 | [[Esko Aho]] | 1954- | [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1987-1991 | [[Harri Holkeri]] | 1937- | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1982-1987<br/><small>''(3rd term)''</small> | [[Kalevi Sorsa]] | 1930-2004 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1979-1982<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Mauno Koivisto]] | 1923- | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1977-1979<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Kalevi Sorsa]] | 1930-2004 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1975-1977<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Martti Miettunen]] | 1907-2002 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]] |- | 1975 | [[Keijo Liinamaa]] | 1929-1980 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1972-1975 | [[Kalevi Sorsa]] | 1930-2004 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1972<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Rafael Paasio]] | 1903-1980 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |- | 1971-1972<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Teuvo Aura]] | 1912-1999 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1970-1971<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Ahti Karjalainen]] | 1923-1990 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]] |- | 1970 | [[Teuvo Aura]] | 1912-1999 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1968-1970 | [[Mauno Koivisto]] | 1923- | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1966-1968 | [[Rafael Paasio]] | 1903-1980 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1964-1966 | [[Johannes Virolainen]] | 1914-2000 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]] |- | 1963-1964 | [[Reino Ragnar Lehto]] | 1898-1966 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |----- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1962-1963 | [[Ahti Karjalainen]] | 1923-1990 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1961-1962 | [[Martti Miettunen]] | 1907-2002 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1961 (11 days, interim) | [[Eemil Vihtori Luukka]] | 1892-1970 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1959-1961<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Vieno Johannes Sukselainen]] | 1906-1995 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1958-1959<br/><small>''(3rd term)''</small> | [[Karl-August Fagerholm]] | 1901-1984 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |- | 1958 | [[Reino Kuuskoski]] | 1907-1965 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |- | 1957-1958 | [[Rainer von Fieandt]] | 1890-1972 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1957 | [[Vieno Johannes Sukselainen]] | 1906-1995 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1956-1957<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Karl-August Fagerholm]] | 1901-1984 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1954-1956<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Urho Kekkonen]] | 1900-1986 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1954 | [[Ralf Törngren]] | 1899-1961 | [[Swedish People's Party (Finland)|Swedish People's Party]] |- | 1953-1954 | [[Sakari Tuomioja]] | 1911-1964 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1950-1953 | [[Urho Kekkonen]] | 1900-1986 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1948-1950 | [[Karl-August Fagerholm]] | 1901-1984 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1946-1948 | [[Mauno Pekkala]] | 1890-1952 | [[Finnish People's Democratic League]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1944-1946<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] | 1870-1956 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |- | 1944 | [[Antti Hackzell]] | 1881-1946 | none |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1944 | [[Urho Castren]] | 1886-1965 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1943-1944 | [[Edwin Linkomies]] | 1894-1963 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1941-1943 | [[Johan Wilhelm Rangell]] | 1894-1982 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1939-1941 | [[Risto Ryti]] | 1889-1956 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1937-1939<br/><small>''(3rd term)''</small> | [[Aimo Cajander]] | 1879-1943 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1936-1937<br/><small>''(4th term)''</small> | [[Kyösti Kallio]] | 1873-1940 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1932-1936 | [[Toivo Mikael Kivimäki]] | 1886-1968 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1931-1932<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Juho Sunila]] | 1875-1936 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1930-1931<br/><small>''(2nd term)''</small> | [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]] | 1861-1944 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1929-1930<br/><small>''(3rd term)''</small> | [[Kyösti Kallio]] | 1873-1940 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1928-1929 | [[Oskari Mantere]] | 1874-1942 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1927-1928 | [[Juho Sunila]] | 1875-1936 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8 | 1926-1927 | [[Väinö Tanner]] | 1881-1966 | [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1925-1926<br/><small>''(2rd term)''</small> | [[Kyösti Kallio]] | 1873-1940 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1925 | [[Antti Tulenheimo]] | 1879-1952 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1924-1925<br/><small>''(2rd term)''</small> | [[Lauri Ingman]] | 1868-1934 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |- | 1924<br/><small>''(2rd term)''</small> | [[Aimo Cajander]] | 1879-1943 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#DDFFDD | 1922-1924 | [[Kyösti Kallio]] | 1873-1940 | [[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]] |- | 1922 | [[Aimo Cajander]] | 1879-1943 | none ([[caretaker cabinet]]) |---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1921-1922<br/><small>''(2rd term)''</small> | [[Juho Vennola]] | 1872-1938 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1920-1921 | [[Rafael Erich]] | 1879-1946 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1919-1920 | [[Juho Vennola]] | 1872-1938 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1919 | [[Kaarlo Castrén]] | 1860-1938 | [[National Progressive Party of Finland|National Progressive Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1918-1919 | [[Lauri Ingman]] | 1868-1934 | [[National Coalition Party (Finland)|National Coalition Party]] |---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 1918 | [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] | 1870-1956 | [[Finnish Party]] |---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD | 1917-1918 | [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]] | 1861-1944 | [[Young Finnish Party]] |} | style="vertical-align: top;" | <timeline> #Prime Ministers of Finland ImageSize = width:200 height:2000 PlotArea = width:150 height:1900 left:40 bottom:100 DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:1917 till:2008 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:1 start:1917 ScaleMinor = unit:month increment:3 start:01/01/1917 Legend = columns:1 left:40 top:90 columnwidth:160 Define $dx = 20 Define $dy = -3 Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:sdp value:red legend:Socialdemocrat id:skdl value:claret legend:Communist id:kokoomus value:darkblue legend:Conservative id:keskusta value:green legend:Centrist id:ep value:skyblue legend:Liberal id:muu value:gray(0.8) legend:Other/caretaker PlotData= bar:PrimeMinisters color:blue width:25 mark:(line,white) align:left fontsize:S from:27/11/1917 till:27/05/1918 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]] from:27/05/1918 till:27/11/1918 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] from:27/11/1918 till:17/04/1919 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Lauri Ingman]] from:17/04/1919 till:15/08/1919 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Kaarlo Castrén]] from:15/08/1919 till:15/03/1920 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Juho Vennola]] from:15/03/1920 till:09/04/1921 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Rafael Erich]] from:09/04/1921 till:02/06/1922 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Juho Vennola]] from:02/06/1922 till:14/11/1922 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Aimo Cajander]] from:14/11/1922 till:18/01/1924 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Kyösti Kallio]] from:18/01/1924 till:31/05/1924 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Aimo Cajander]] from:31/05/1924 till:31/03/1925 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Lauri Ingman]] from:31/03/1925 till:31/12/1925 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Antti Tulenheimo]] from:31/12/1925 till:13/12/1926 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Kyösti Kallio]] from:13/12/1926 till:17/12/1927 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Väinö Tanner]] from:17/12/1927 till:22/12/1928 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Juho Sunila]] from:22/12/1928 till:16/08/1929 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Oskari Mantere]] from:16/08/1929 till:04/07/1930 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Kyösti Kallio]] from:04/07/1930 till:21/03/1931 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]] from:21/03/1931 till:14/12/1932 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Juho Sunila]] from:14/12/1932 till:07/10/1936 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Toivo Mikael Kivimäki]] from:07/10/1936 till:12/03/1937 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Kyösti Kallio]] from:12/03/1937 till:01/12/1939 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Aimo Cajander]] from:01/12/1939 till:04/01/1941 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Risto Ryti]] from:04/01/1941 till:05/03/1943 shift:($dx,$dy) color:ep text:[[Johan Wilhelm Rangell]] from:05/03/1943 till:08/08/1944 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Edwin Linkomies]] from:08/08/1944 till:21/09/1944 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Antti Hackzell]] from:21/09/1944 till:17/11/1944 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Urho Castrén]] from:17/11/1944 till:26/03/1946 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] from:26/03/1946 till:29/07/1948 shift:($dx,$dy) color:skdl text:[[Mauno Pekkala]] from:29/07/1948 till:17/03/1950 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Karl-August Fagerholm]] from:17/03/1950 till:17/11/1953 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Urho Kekkonen]] from:17/11/1953 till:05/05/1954 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Sakari Tuomioja]] from:05/05/1954 till:20/10/1954 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Ralf Törngren]] from:20/10/1954 till:03/03/1956 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Urho Kekkonen]] from:03/03/1956 till:27/05/1957 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Karl-August Fagerholm]] from:27/05/1957 till:29/11/1957 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[V. J. Sukselainen]] from:29/11/1957 till:26/04/1958 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Rainer von Fieandt]] from:26/04/1958 till:29/08/1958 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Reino Kuuskoski]] from:29/08/1958 till:13/01/1959 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Karl-August Fagerholm]] from:13/01/1959 till:14/07/1961 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[V. J. Sukselainen]] from:14/07/1961 till:13/04/1962 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Martti Miettunen]] from:13/04/1962 till:18/12/1963 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Ahti Karjalainen]] from:18/12/1963 till:12/09/1964 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Reino Ragnar Lehto]] from:12/09/1964 till:27/05/1966 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Johannes Virolainen]] from:27/05/1966 till:22/03/1968 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Rafael Paasio]] from:22/03/1968 till:14/05/1970 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Mauno Koivisto]] from:14/05/1970 till:15/07/1970 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Teuvo Aura]] from:15/07/1970 till:29/10/1971 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Ahti Karjalainen]] from:29/10/1971 till:23/02/1972 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Teuvo Aura]] from:23/02/1972 till:04/09/1972 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Rafael Paasio]] from:04/09/1972 till:13/06/1975 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Kalevi Sorsa]] from:13/06/1975 till:30/11/1975 shift:($dx,$dy) color:muu text:[[Keijo Liinamaa]] from:30/11/1975 till:15/05/1977 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Martti Miettunen]] from:15/05/1977 till:26/05/1979 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Kalevi Sorsa]] from:26/05/1979 till:19/02/1982 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Mauno Koivisto]] from:19/02/1982 till:30/04/1987 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Kalevi Sorsa]] from:30/04/1987 till:26/04/1991 shift:($dx,$dy) color:kokoomus text:[[Harri Holkeri]] from:26/04/1991 till:13/04/1995 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Esko Aho]] from:13/04/1995 till:17/04/2003 shift:($dx,$dy) color:sdp text:[[Paavo Lipponen]] from:17/04/2003 till:24/06/2003 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]] from:24/06/2003 till:17/04/2008 shift:($dx,$dy) color:keskusta text:[[Matti Vanhanen]] </timeline> |} ==Living former Prime Ministers== *[[Mauno Koivisto]] *[[Harri Holkeri]] *[[Esko Aho]] *[[Paavo Lipponen]] *[[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]] == See also == *[[Politics of Finland]] *[[Lists of incumbents]] == External links == *[http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/vn/liston/vnk.lsp?r=916&k=en Official site] *[http://www.valtioneuvosto.fi/vn/liston/base.lsp?r=749&k=en From Senate to independent Government] {{FinnishPrimeMinisters}} {{Europe heads of government}} {{European Council}} [[Category:Lists of prime ministers|Finland, Prime Minister of]] [[Category:Prime Ministers of Finland|*]] [[Category:Politics of Finland]] [[ca:Llista dels Primers ministres de Finlàndia]] [[fr:Liste des Premiers ministres de Finlande]] [[gl:Primeiro Ministro de Finlandia]] [[io:Prima ministri di Finlando]] [[id:Daftar Perdana Menteri Finlandia]] [[it:Elenco dei Primi Ministri della Finlandia]] [[nl:Lijst van premiers van Finland]] [[no:Liste over Finlands statsministre]] [[pl:Premierzy Finlandii]] [[pt:Anexo:Lista de primeiros-ministros da Finlândia]] [[ru:Премьер-министр Финляндии]] [[se:Suoma oaiveministtar]] [[fi:Suomen pääministeri]] [[sv:Lista över Finlands statsministrar]] [[zh:芬兰总理列表]]