The foreign relations of Finland are the responsibility of the president of Finland,who leads foreign policy in cooperation with the government. Implicitly the government is responsible for internal policy and decision making in the European Union. Within the government,preparative discussions are conducted in the government committee of foreign and security policy,which includes the Prime Minister and at least the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence,and at most four other ministers as necessary. The committee meets with the President as necessary. Laws concerning foreign relations are discussed in the parliamentary committee of foreign relations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the foreign policy.
Global Affairs Canada is the department of the Government of Canada that manages Canada's diplomatic and consular relations,promotes Canadian international trade,and leads Canada's international development and humanitarian assistance. It is also responsible for maintaining Canadian government offices abroad with diplomatic and consular status on behalf of all government departments.
Anna Lührmann is a German political science professor and politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election. In addition to her work in parliament,she has been Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office in the Scholz cabinet since 8 December 2021.
Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul is a German politician and a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1965.
Eero Olavi Heinäluoma is a Finnish politician who has been serving as Member of the European Parliament since 2019. A former chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party,he was replaced in the party's leadership by Jutta Urpilainen in June 2008. He was Speaker of the Parliament of Finland 2011–2015.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian-American economist,who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. Notably,she is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General. She sits on boards of:Danone,Standard Chartered Bank,MINDS:Mandela Institute for Development Studies,Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,Georgetown Institute for Women,Peace and Security,One Campaign,GAVI:Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization,Rockefeller Foundation,R4D:Results for Development,ARC:African Risk Capacity and Earthshot Prize plus others.She also previously sat on the Twitter Board of Directors,and stepped down in February,2021 in connection with her appointment as Director General of the World Trade Organization.
Anna Gunilla Carlsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for International Development Cooperation from 2006 to 2013,member of the Swedish Riksdag from 2002 to 2013 and deputy chairman of her party from 2003 to 2015.
Sari Miriam Essayah is a Finnish retired racewalker and a politician,former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Member of Parliament since 2015. She is the president of the Finnish Christian Democrats party. She is serving as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry since 2023. Her father is from Morocco.
Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki,a member of the Parliament of Finland,and a politician from the National Progressive Party,who served as Prime Minister of Finland twice.
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs is an independent research institute that produces topical information and research on international relations and the European Union. It also publishes the journal Ulkopolitiikka. It is located in Helsinki.
Jutta Pauliina Urpilainen is a Finnish politician. She was the first female chair of the Social Democratic Party of Finland,which she led from 2008 to 2014. She was the Minister of Finance of Finland from 2011 to 2014. Since 1 December 2019,she is the European Commissioner for International Partnerships in the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen.
Matti Kalervo Anttonen is a Finnish diplomat and the present Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland since 1 March 2018.
Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen is a Dutch politician and activist who served as Leader of the Labour Party from January 2021 until April 2022. She had been a member of the House of Representatives since 2017,as well as parliamentary leader since 2021,leaving the House of Representatives upon her resignation as party leader. Ploumen previously served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from 2012 to 2017.
María Aránzazu "Arancha" González Laya is a Spanish lawyer who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs,European Union and Cooperation in the Spanish government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from 2020 to 2021. Currently,González is the dean of the Paris School of International Affairs at the elite French university Sciences Po.
Sigrid Agnes Maria Kaag is a Dutch diplomat and politician,who has been the leader of the Democrats 66 (D66) since 4 September 2020. She has served as Minister of Finance and first Deputy Prime Minister in the fourth Rutte cabinet since 10 January 2022. She previously served as Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation from 26 October 2017 to 10 August 2021,and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 25 May 2021 to 17 September 2021 in the third Rutte cabinet.
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.
Marie-Claude Bibeau is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Compton—Stanstead in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. A member of the Liberal Party,she was sworn in as minister of International Development and La Francophonie on November 4,2015. She was appointed the first female minister of Agriculture on March 1,2019.
Kai Aslak Mykkänen is a Finnish politician who currently serves as Minister of the Environment and Climate Change. He is a former Minister of the Interior and represents the National Coalition Party in the Uusimaa electoral district.
Meeri Sirka Kalavainen was a Finnish politician. She represented Kymi in the Parliament of Finland as a member of the Social Democratic Party from 1948 to 1979. She was also the country's first minister of culture in the cabinet of prime minister Ahti Karjalainen from 1970 to 1971.
