The speaker of the Parliament of Finland, along with two deputy speakers, is elected by Parliament during the first plenary session each year. Speakers are chosen for a year at a time. In addition to their preparing the work in plenary sessions the speakers also play a key role in Parliament's international co-operation, which includes visits by speakers and international delegations as well as participation in numerous interparliamentary organisations.
Aino Elin Malkamäki was a Finnish schoolteacher and politician. She was Minister of Social Affairs from 2 September to 29 November 1957 and a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1922 to 1929, from 1933 to 1958 and from 1960 until her death in 1961. She belonged at first to the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and later to the Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders (TPSL).
Petter (Pekka) Wilhelm Heikkinen was a Finnish farmer and politician. He served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 17 December 1927 to 22 December 1928 and from 16 August 1929 to 4 July 1930, as Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 21 March 1931 to 14 December 1932 and as Minister of Agriculture from 7 October 1936 to 15 August 1940. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1919 to 1922 and from 1924 to 1940, representing the Agrarian League. He served as the chairman of the Agrarian League from 1919 to 1940 and as Governor of Kuopio Province from 1940 to 1950.
Hedvig Maria Gebhard was a Finnish journalist and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Party from 1907 to 1909 and the National Coalition Party from 1919 to 1922 and again from 1924 to 1929. In 1922 she founded Kotiliesi, a family magazine.
Antti Hanninen was a Finnish farmer and lay preacher. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1911 to 1913, representing the Finnish Party.
Juho Kanniainen was a Finnish farmer, lay preacher and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1922 to 1924, representing the Agrarian League.
Katja Maria Hänninen is a Finnish salesperson and politician. She is a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2014, representing the Left Alliance.
Elsi Maria Hetemäki-Olander is a Finnish secondary school teacher and politician. She was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1970 to 1991, representing the National Coalition Party.
Henrik Kullberg was a Finnish farmer and politician. He served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture from 17 November 1953 until his death only a few weeks later, on 4 December 1953. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1927 to 1930 and again from 1933 until his death, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland.
Atte Johannes Muhonen was a Finnish farmer and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1922 to 1929 and again from 1936 to 1939, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP).
Kauko Ilmari Tuupainen is a Finnish accountant and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland between 2011 and 2015, representing the Finns Party.
Johan Eino Kilpi was a Finnish journalist and politician. He served as Minister of Social Affairs from 17 April 1945 to 26 March 1946, Minister of Education from 26 March 1946 to 26 May 1946 and Minister of the Interior from 26 May to 29 July 1948. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 1930 to 1933 and the Finnish People's Democratic League (SKDL) from 1948 to 1962. He was the candidate of the SKDL in the presidential elections of 1956, getting 18.7% of the vote. He was married to Sylvi-Kyllikki Kilpi.
Juho Kinnunen was a Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1924 to 1927, representing the National Coalition Party.
Ilmo Severi Paananen was a Finnish civil servant and politician. He served as the Minister of Labour from 13 June to 30 November 1975.
Axel Palmgren was a Finnish lawyer, civil servant, business executive and politician. He served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 31 May 1924 to 31 March 1925 and again from 21 March 1931 to 14 December 1932. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1917 to 1922 and again from 1924 to 1936, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP).
Penna Tervo was a Finnish politician. He served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 17 January 1951 to 8 July 1953 and again from 5 May to 20 October 1954. He also served as Minister of Finance from 20 October 1954 until his death on 26 February 1956. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1945 until his death in 1956, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP). He died in a car accident.
Eino Albin Raunio was a Finnish politician. He served as Minister of Finance from 1 January 1968 to 14 May 1970. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1939 to 1970, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP).
Kustaa August Syrjänen was a Finnish schoolteacher and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1933 to 1945, representing the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP).
Karl Gustaf Söderholm was a Finnish legal scholar and politician. He served as Minister of Justice from 27 November 1918 to 15 August 1919, from 15 March to 28 June 1920 and from 4 July 1930 to 21 March 1931. He was a member of the Diet of Finland from 1904 to 1906 and of the Parliament of Finland from 1907 to 1913 and again from 1916 to 1917, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP). He served as the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland from 1923 to 1929 and as the Chancellor of Åbo Akademi University from 1933 to 1941.
Artturi Antero Niemelä is a Finnish homesteader and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland, representing the Finnish Rural Party (SMP) from 1970 to 1972 and the Finnish People's Unity Party (SKYP) from 1972 to 1975. He was born in Kemijärvi.
