Miettunen II cabinet

Miettunen II Cabinet
58th Cabinet of Finland
Date formed	30 November 1975 (1975-11-30)
Date dissolved	29 September 1976 (1976-09-29)
People and organisations
President	Urho Kekkonen
Prime Minister	Martti Miettunen
Member parties	Centre Party SDP SKDL RKP Liberal People's Party
Status in legislature	Majority government
History
Predecessor	Liinamaa
Successor	Miettunen III

The second cabinet of Martti Miettunen was the 58th government of Finland, which lasted from 30 November 1975 to 29 September 1976. ^[1] It was a majority government formed by the Centre Party, the Social Democrats, the Finnish People's Democratic League, the Swedish People's Party, the Liberals, and some unaffiliated politicians. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Martti Miettunen.

Miettunen's cabinet had large economic problems to solve resulting from the aftershock of the 1973 oil crisis.

Ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Martti Miettunen	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Centre
Minister deputising for the Prime Minister	Kalevi Sorsa	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP
Minister at the Prime Minister's Office	Reino Karpola	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Centre
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Kalevi Sorsa	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP
Minister at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs	Sakari T. Lehto  [ fi ]	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Independent
Minister of Justice	Kristian Gestrin	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		RKP
Minister of the Interior	Paavo Tiilikainen	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP
Minister at the Ministry of the Interior	Olavi Hänninen	30 November 1975	29 June 1976		SKDL
	Arvo Hautala  [ fi ]	29 June 1976	29 September 1976		SKDL
Minister of Defence	Ingvar S. Melin	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		RKP
Minister of Finance	Paul Paavela	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP
Minister at the Ministry of Finance	Viljo Luukka  [ fi ]	30 November 1975	9 April 1976		Independent
	Esko Rekola  [ fi ]	9 April 1976	29 September 1976		Independent
Minister of Education	Paavo Väyrynen	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Centre
Minister at the Ministry of Education	Kalevi Kivistö	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SKDL
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	Heimo Linna	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Centre
Minister of Transport	Kauko Hjerppe	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SKDL
Minister of Trade and Industry	Eero Rantala	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP
Minister at the Ministry of Trade and Industry	Sakari Lehto	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Independent
Minister of Social Affairs and Health	Irma Toivanen	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		Liberal People's Party
Minister at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health	Pirkko Työläjärvi	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP
Minister of Labour	Paavo Aitio	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SKDL

References

1. "Composition of a certain government, 58. Miettunen II". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2018-01-02.

Preceded by Liinamaa Cabinet

Cabinet of Finland 30 November 1975 – 29 September 1976

Succeeded by Miettunen III cabinet