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.
Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015. He rose to politics as a researcher specialized in the affairs of the European Union and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 as a member of the National Coalition Party. In 2008,Stubb was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs following a scandal surrounding his predecessor,Ilkka Kanerva. In 2011 Stubb stood for election to the Finnish Parliament for the first time and was elected MP with the second highest vote count in the election,which led to Stubb becoming the Minister for Europe and Foreign Trade in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.
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.
Jussi Kristian Halla-aho is a Finnish politician,serving as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland since 2023. Halla-aho has served as a member of the Parliament of Finland from 2011 to 2014 and again since 2019,and as the leader of the Finns Party from 10 June 2017 to 14 August 2021. Previously,between 2014 and 2019,he was a member of the European Parliament,where he was part of the Identity and Democracy group.
The Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade is one of the 19 ministerial portfolios represented in the Finnish Government. The Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade is one of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' three ministerial positions;the other two are the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Nordic Cooperation. The incumbent Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade for the Orpo Cabinet is Ville Tavio of the Finns Party.
Sampo Terho is a Finnish politician who served as Minister for European Affairs,Culture and Sports. He is the chairman of Suomalaisuuden Liitto and was earlier a Member of the European Parliament.
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.
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 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 2017 Finns Party leadership election was held in Jyväskylä,Finland,on June 10,2017,to elect the new chair of the Finns Party. All members of the party who had paid their subscription were allowed to vote in the election.
The 2017 Finnish government crisis followed the Finns Party leadership election held on 10 June 2017. Prime Minister Juha Sipiläand Minister of Finance Petteri Orpo announced on 12 June that they would no longer cooperate in a coalition government with the Finns Party after Jussi Halla-aho was elected party chairman. The crisis resolved on 13 June when twenty MPs defected from the Finns Party's parliamentary group,forming what would eventually become the The Finnish Reform Movement party. Sipilä's government retained a majority in Finland's parliament as The Finnish Reform Movement continued as a member of the coalition.
The Finnish Reform Movement,previously known as Blue Reform,was a Finnish conservative political party.
Leena Kristiina Meri is a Finnish politician,representing the Finns Party in the Parliament of Finland. She has served in the Parliament since 2015 and in the City Council of Hyvinkääsince 2013.
Lassi Vilhelm Junnila is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland,representing the constituency of Finland Proper. He is a member of the Finns Party. He is currently a member in three committees:the Constitutional Law Committee,the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Intelligence Oversight Committee. He is also a member in the Finnish delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Finns Party parliamentary group´s vice chairperson.
Ano Veli Samuel Turtiainen is a Finnish former powerlifter and politician who served in the Parliament of Finland for the South-Eastern Finland constituency from 2019 to 2023. He is also founder and leader of Power Belongs to the People party. He lives in Juva. Turtiainen was elected to the parliament in the 2019 parliamentary election. Turtiainen was expelled from the Finns Party due to him posting a tweet perceived as mocking the murder of George Floyd in February 2021.
Lulu Ranne is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party at the Tavastia constituency. She has also served as Minister of Transport and Communications since 2023.
Riikka Katriina Purra is a Finnish politician,serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland,and Finance Minister,since 2023. She is also a member of the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party for the Uusimaa constituency. In August 2021 she was elected the new leader of the party,after Jussi Halla-aho.
Events in the year 2023 in Finland.
In the run-up to the 2027 Finnish parliamentary election,various organisations carried out opinion polling to gauge voting intentions in Finland. Results of such polls are displayed in this list.
The Orpo Cabinet is the 77th government of Finland. It was formed following the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election and succeeds the Marin Cabinet led by the Social Democrats and was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistöon 20 June 2023. The cabinet is headed by Petteri Orpo and is a coalition between the National Coalition Party,Finns Party,the Swedish People's Party,and the Christian Democrats.
