Matti Taneli Vanhanen is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party and President of the European Council in 2006. In his earlier career,he was a journalist. Vanhanen is the son of professor Tatu Vanhanen and Anni Tiihonen.
The Finns Party,formerly known as the True Finns,is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party.
Harry Juhani "Hjallis" Harkimo is a Finnish businessman,sportsperson,and a member of the Finnish Parliament. Previously a National Coalition Party MP,he now chairs his own political party,Movement Now.
Wintersun is a Finnish extreme metal band from Helsinki originally formed as the side project of Jari Mäenpää,then-vocalist and guitarist of folk metal band Ensiferum.
Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament who has represented the Seven Star Movement,the Citizen's Party and Centre Party. He is currently member of Centre Party. Väyrynen has been a member of the Finnish Parliament previously from 1970 to 1995,and again from 2007 to 2011 and has held many ministerial portfolios. He has also been a Member of the European Parliament from 1995 to 2007,and again from 2014 to 2018.
Timo Juhani Soini is a Finnish politician who is the co-founder and former leader of the Finns Party. He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2017 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2015 to 2019.
Jari Veikko Sillanpää is a Finnish-Swedish singer. With over 820,000 records sold,he is the fifth-best-selling music artist and second-best-selling solo artist in Finland.
Baron YrjöSakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a friherre,senator,professor,historian,politician and the chairman of the Finnish Party after Johan Vilhelm Snellman. He was a central figure in the fennoman movement. His original name was Georg Zakarias Forsman and his family from his father's side originated from Sweden. He later fennicized his name to YrjöSakari Yrjö-Koskinen. He was the husband of Finland's first female author,Theodolinda Hahnsson.
Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva was a Finnish politician and a member of the Parliament of Finland. He was born in Lokalahti,now a part of Uusikaupunki in Southwest Finland. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008. Kanerva was a member of the National Coalition Party.
Koskinen is a surname originating in Finland,where it is the ninth most common surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aarno Armas Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a Finnish politician,Envoy and freiherr. He graduated as jurist and received the title varatuomari in 1915.
The Katainen Cabinet was the 72nd cabinet of Finland,formed as a result of the 2011 post-parliamentary election negotiations between the Finnish parliamentary parties. Led by Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen of the National Coalition Party (NCP),12 ministers of the 19-minister government represented the NCP and the Social Democratic Party (SDP),while the Left Alliance,the Green League,the Swedish People's Party (RKP) and the Christian Democrats share seven minister portfolios. On June 22,the Parliament confirmed Katainen's election as the Prime Minister and President Tarja Halonen inaugurated the government. Two Left Alliance MPs voted against Katainen,for which they were formally reprimanded by the Left Alliance's parliamentary group. On 25 March 2014,the rest of Left Alliance left the cabinet over dispute on a package of spending cuts and tax rises.
Presidential elections were held in Finland in January and February 2012. The first round took place on 22 January 2012 with advance voting between 11 and 17 January. Since no candidate received a majority of the vote,a second round was held on 5 February,with advance voting between 25 and 31 January. Sauli Niinistöwas elected the President of Finland for a term from 1 March 2012 until 1 March 2018.
Kimmo Kalevi Tiilikainen is a Finnish politician from the Centre Party. He is an organic farmer and forester. Tiilikainen served as the Minister of Agriculture and the Environment from 2015 to 2019. He is also a former Minister of the Environment of Finland from 2007 to 2008.
Juha Petri Sipilä is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2019. A relative newcomer to politics,he has a successful background in business. He was the leader of the Centre Party from 2012 to 2019. After leading the Centre party to victory in the 2015 general election,Sipiläformed a centre-right coalition and was appointed Prime Minister by the Finnish Parliament on 29 May 2015. On 8 March 2019,Sipilästated his intention to resign as Prime Minister,citing difficulties in reforming Finland's health care system. President Sauli Niinistöasked him to continue with a caretaker government until a new government coalition was appointed on 6 June 2019 and was ultimately succeeded by Antti Rinne.
Antti Petteri Orpo is a Finnish politician serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023 and as the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016. He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.
The cabinet of Juha Sipilä was the 74th government of Finland,from 2015 to 2019. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2015 and formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistöon 29 May 2015. From June 2017,the cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the Centre Party,Blue Reform and the National Coalition Party. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Juha Sipilä.
Jari Tapani Lindström is a Finnish politician and former Minister of Employment. He represented the Finns Party till 2017 and was first elected to the Parliament in 2011 in the former constituency of Kymi. In 2014,Lindström was appointed the chairman of the Finns Party parliamentary group. In the 2015 elections he maintained his seat,standing in the newly formed South-Eastern constituency. He was appointed as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Employment in May 2015.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistöreceived 62.7% of the vote and was elected for a second term,avoiding a second round. The term is from 1 March 2018 to 1 February 2024 (if 2024 presidential election doesn't go to a second ballot) or 1 March 2024. Although the President is elected by direct election,Niinistögained a plurality in all municipalities and a majority in all but 13 municipalities.
The Finnish Reform Movement,previously known as Blue Reform,was a Finnish conservative political party.
