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.
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 as well as the Deputy Prime Minister 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. She announced her candidacy for the 2024 election for President of Finland in November 2023.
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 43 seats. Founded in 1899 as the Workers' Party of Finland,the SDP is Finland's oldest active political party and has a close relationship with the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions. It is also a member of the Party of European Socialists,Progressive Alliance,Socialist International and SAMAK.
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.
Sirpa Paatero is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who served as Minister of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin from 2019 to 2023.
Tuula Irmeli Haatainen is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament,with the Social Democratic Party. She was the Minister of Education 2003–2005 and the Minister of Social Affairs and Health 2005–2007.
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 14 April 2019. For the first time,no party received more than 20% of the vote. The Centre Party,which had been the largest party following the 2015 elections,dropped to fourth place,losing 18 seats and recording its lowest vote share since 1917. The Social Democratic Party saw the biggest gains,winning six more seats and narrowly becoming the largest party for the first time since 1999. The Green League and the Left Alliance also gained five and four seats respectively.
Presidential elections were held in Finland on 28 January 2018. The incumbent Sauli Niinistöreceived 63% of the vote and was 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.
Li Sigrid Andersson is a Finnish politician who served as Minister of Education from 2019 to 2023. The leader of the Left Alliance,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2015. She is also a city councillor of Turku and was the chair of the party's youth wing,Left Youth.
Antti Ilmari Lindtman is a Finnish politician who has served as leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) since September 2023. He has been the chairman of the city council of Vantaa since 2009 and a member of the Parliament of Finland for Uusimaa since April 2011. In April 2015,he was elected as the chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group.
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.
Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish former politician who served as prime minister of Finland from 2019 to 2023 and as the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) from 2020 to 2023. She was a Member of Parliament from 2015 to 2023. She was re-elected as member of parliament in April 2023 but resigned to become a strategic adviser on political leaders' reform programmes in the Tony Blair Institute in September 2023.
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Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 2 April 2023 to elect members of the Parliament of Finland.
The cabinet of Antti Rinne was the 75th government of Finland. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2019 and was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistöon 6 June 2019. The cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party,the Centre Party,the Green League,the Left Alliance,and the Swedish People's Party. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Antti Rinne.
Maria Karoliina Ohisalo is a Finnish politician and researcher who served as Minister of the Interior between 2019 and 2021. The former chairman of the Green League,she has been a Member of Parliament since 2019.
Ville Skinnari is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party who has been serving as Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade in the cabinet of Prime Minister Antti Rinne and then in the cabinet of Prime Minister Sanna Marin from 2019 to 2023.
Thomas Blomqvist is a Finnish politician,born in Ekenäs in current Raseborg. Before entering to the national politics he worked as a farmer and an entrepreneur.
The cabinet of Sanna Marin was the 76th government of Finland. It was formed following the collapse of the Rinne Cabinet and officially took office on 10 December 2019. The cabinet headed by Sanna Marin consists of a coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party,the Centre Party,the Green League,the Left Alliance,and the Swedish People's Party.
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.
