Jyrki Tapani Katainen is a Finnish politician who served as the European Commission's Vice-President for Jobs,Growth,Investment and Competitiveness from 2014 until 2019. Katainen was previously prime minister of Finland from 2011 to 2014 and chairman of the National Coalition Party from 2004 to 2014. He was succeeded by Alexander Stubb as chairman of Finland's National Coalition Party. After stepping down as prime minister,Katainen was elected as European Commission Vice-President in July 2014.
Olli Ilmari Rehn is a Finnish public official who has been serving as governor of the Bank of Finland since 2018. A member of the Centre Party,he previously served as the European Commissioner for Enlargement from 2004 to 2010,European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro from 2010 to 2014,and Minister of Economic Affairs in Juha Sipilä's cabinet from 2015 until 2016. Rehn ran for President of Finland as an independent candidate in 2024,but was not elected.
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland,he was replaced in the party's leadership by Jutta Urpilainen in June 2008. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2011–2015.
Karin Elisabeth Svantesson is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has served as Minister for Finance in the cabinet of Ulf Kristersson since October 2022 and has served as first deputy leader of the party since 2019.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting,which included voting by Finnish expatriates,was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%.
Jeroen RenéVictor Anton Dijsselbloem is a Dutch politician and economist serving as Mayor of Eindhoven since 13 September 2022,succeeding John Jorritsma (VVD). A member of the Labour Party (PvdA),he has also been Chairman of the supervisory board of Wageningen University since 1 April 2019.
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.
Jörg Asmussen is a German economist and politician who served as State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2008 to 2011 and Parliamentary State Secretary for the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2014 to 2016. He has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of the German Insurance Association (GDV) since 2020.
The Social Democratic Party of Finland is a social democratic political party in Finland. It is the third largest party in the Parliament of Finland with a total of 43 seats.
Luis de Guindos Jurado is a Spanish politician serving as Vice-President of the European Central Bank since 2018. He previously served as Spain's Minister of Economy,Industry and Competitiveness from 2011 to 2018.
Annika Virpi Irene Saarikko is a Finnish politician and minister who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2020 to 2023. She served as the leader of the Finnish Centre Party from 2020 to 2024.
Maria Luís Casanova Morgado Dias de Albuquerque is a Portuguese politician who is the European Commissioner for Financial Services and the Savings and Investments Union under the Second Von der Leyen Commission. She served as Minister of State and Finance between 2013 and 2015.
Antti Juhani Rinne is a Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from April to June 2019 and Prime Minister of Finland from June to December 2019. He led the Social Democratic Party from 2014 until 2020. In August 2023,he was hired as the General Secretary of SAMAK for a three-year term.
Antti Petteri Orpo 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. He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistöreceived 63% of the vote and was re-elected for a second term,avoiding a second round. He received a plurality of the vote in every municipality and a majority in all but 13 municipalities.
Katri Briitta Ilona Kulmuni is a Finnish politician who served as the 35th deputy prime minister of Finland and the leader of the Centre Party between 2019 and 2020. A member of the Centre Party,she was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2024. In the 2024 European Parliament election,she was elected to the European Parliament.
Mika Tapani Lintilä is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Economic Affairs from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Centre Party,he has been a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1999. Lintilähas formerly served as Minister of Economic Affairs in the SipiläCabinet from 2016 to 2019 and as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland in the Rinne Cabinet in 2019.
Wopke Bastiaan Hoekstra is a Dutch politician. He served as second Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the fourth Rutte cabinet between 10 January 2022 and 1 September 2023. Hoekstra previously served as Minister of Finance in the third Rutte cabinet from 2017 to 2022 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) from 2020 to 2023. In 2023,he was nominated to take on the role of Frans Timmermans as EU Commissioner,being responsible for climate action. On the 22nd of July 2024 it was announced that Hoekstra is nominated for a new term of EU Commissioner on behalf of the Schoof cabinet.
João Rodrigo Reis Carvalho Leão is a Portuguese economist,university professor,and politician. He served as Minister of Finance in the government of Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal,sworn in on 15 June 2020.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2024,with a second round held on 11 February. Voters elected a president of the Republic for a six-year term. Incumbent president Sauli Niinistöwas term-limited and ineligible to run for re-election,having served the maximum two terms,ensuring that the president elected would be the country's thirteenth.
