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Orpo Cabinet
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 Niinistö on 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. Ministers Out of the total 19 ministerial posts, eight ministers are from the National Coalition, seven from the Finns, three from the Swedish People's Party, and one from the Christian Democrats. Program Under the coalition deal, the Government has plans to tighten the rules for getting permanent residence and citizenship. Controversies Junnila's resignation On 27 June 2023, Green League, Left Alliance, and Social Democratic Party decided to propose a vote of no confidence against Vilhelm Junnila due to his alleged connections to far-right movem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland across Estonia to the south. Finland covers an area of with a population of 5.6 million. Helsinki is the capital and largest city, forming a larger metropolitan area with the neighbouring cities of Espoo, Kauniainen, and Vantaa. The vast majority of the population are ethnic Finns. Finnish, alongside Swedish, are the official languages. Swedish is the native language of 5.2% of the population. Finland's climate varies from humid continental in the south to the boreal in the north. The land cover is primarily a boreal forest biome, with more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first inhabited around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period. The Stone Age introduced several differ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deputy Prime Minister (Finland)
The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland (, , ''Finland's Prime Minister's Substitute''), officially titled the Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, is a member of the Finnish Government who becomes the acting Prime Minister if the Prime Minister becomes unable to discharge their duties. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Government and traditionally comes from the second largest party of a coalition government. In recent years they have usually been the Minister of Finance as well. The current Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is Annika Saarikko Annika Virpi Irene Saarikko (born 10 November 1983) is a Finnish politician and minister. On 5 September 2020, she was elected as the leader of the Finnish Centre Party. Early life and education Saarikko was born in Oripää, Finland. She has a .... List of deputy prime ministers of Finland References {{Reflist Politics of Finland . * fi:Suomen pääministeri#Pääministerin sijainen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wille Rydman
Wille-Werner Rydman (born 2 January 1986 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Finnish Parliament, representing the Finns Party and formerly the National Coalition Party. Rydman was elected to the parliament in 2015, gaining 4,524 votes in the elections. He has also been a member of the City Council of Helsinki since 2012. He received a Masters of Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki in 2007, after which he worked as a parliamentary assistant. Political Views Helsingin Sanomat named Rydman as one of the most right-wing members of parliament elected in 2015. Rydman describes himself as a conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i .... References 1986 births Living people Politicians from Helsinki National Coalition Party politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilhelm Junnila
Vilhelm Junnila (born 6 March 1982 in Naantali) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Finns Party at the Finland Proper constituency. He was elected to the parliament in 2019 with 10 788 personal votes. He is a member of the Finance Committee and also the chairman of the Finnish delegation to the OSCE The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, prom ... Parliamentary Assembly. Junnila is also a member of the Naantali City Council. References 1982 births Living people People from Naantali Finns Party politicians Members of the Parliament of Finland (2019–23) {{FinnsParty-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Economic Affairs (Finland)
Lists of government ministers of Finland The Minister of Economic Affairs (, ) is one of the Finnish Government, Finnish Government's ministerial positions. Along with the Minister of Employment (Finland), Minister of Employment the Minister of Economic Affairs is located within the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Finland), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The Marin Cabinet's incumbent Minister of Economic Affairs is Mika Lintilä of the Centre Party (Finland), Centre Party. Ministers References External links * {{International-trade-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Tavio
Ville Tapani Tavio (born June 25, 1984 in Lappeenranta) is a Finnish politician and a member of the Parliament of Finland (MP). He is the chairperson of the Finns Party Parliamentary Group since April 2019. Tavio joined the Finns Party in 2012. He was first elected to the Turku City Council in October 2012 and to the Parliament of Finland in April 2015. Education After upper secondary school graduation, Tavio enrolled in the University of Turku and received LL.M. degree in 2012. He has been an exchange student at the Prince of Songkla University in Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ... in 2010. References External links Ville Tavio– Ville Tavio's website 1984 births Living people People from Lappeenranta Finns Party politicians Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister For Development Cooperation And Foreign Trade (Finland)
The Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade (, , formerly Minister for Foreign Trade and Development) 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 Marin Cabinet is Ville Skinnari of the Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For .... References {{Reflist Lists of government ministers of Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Häkkänen
Antti Edvard Häkkänen (born 16 January 1985 in Mäntyharju, Finland) is a Finnish politician, representing the National Coalition Party. He has served as a Member of Parliament since 2015. From 2017 to 2019, Häkkänen served as Minister of Justice in the Sipilä Cabinet. Career Häkkänen graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master of Law. Häkkänen served on the Mäntyharjun council from 2009. He was elected as the Youth National Coalition Party leader in 2011 for the 2012-2013 period. The National Coalition Party nominated Häkkänen as a candidate for the 2014 European Parliament election but he did not gain enough votes. In the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election he was nominated in the newly formed constituency of South-Eastern Finland, and became an elected MP with 6,212 votes. Häkkänen was elected as one of three vice-chairmen of the National Coalition Party at the party summit in June 2016, with the highest number of votes. Political views Antti Häk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Defence (Finland)
The Minister of Defence ( fi, puolustusministeri, sv, försvarsminister) is a member of the Finnish Council of State. As the head of the Ministry of Defence, the minister is responsible for the administration of national defence. The ministry is headquartered in Helsinki. The current Minister of Defence is Antti Kaikkonen. From June to November 1918 the post was called Chief of the War Department, and from then until 1922 the post was called the Minister of War. The President of the Republic is the commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces. The commander of the military forces is the Chief of Defence. Ministry Offices Finnish Ministry of Defence Offices consists of two wings: * South Makasiinikatu 8 since - Built by CL Engel as barracks for the Finnish Guard in 1922 and destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt by retaining the original walls from 1954-1956 and used as Defense Headquarters since 1956 * Fabiansgatan 2 - newer wing was built in 1961 by Finnish architects Viljo R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sari Essayah
Sari Miriam Essayah (born 21 February 1967 in Haukivuori) is a Finland, Finnish retired race walking, 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 (Finland), Christian Democrats party. Her father is from Morocco. During her sports career, Essayah competed mainly in 5 000 and 10 000 metres. In the latter, she won the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, World Championship in 1993 and the 1994 European Athletics Championships, European Championship in 1994. She made seven national records, all of which are still standing. In 2016, Essayah became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and she has been a member of the Ethics Committee, Finnish Athletics Association since 2014. Education Essayah holds an M.Sc (Econ) in business administration and accounting from the University of Vaasa. Political career After retiring from sports Essa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minister Of Agriculture And Forestry (Finland)
The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (, ) is one of the Finnish Government's ministerial portfolios. The minister is in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Since April 2022, Finland's Minister of Agriculture and Forestry has been Antti Kurvinen of the Centre Party. List of ministers Key Ministers References {{Reflist See also * Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland) * Politics of Finland The politics of Finland take place within the framework of a parliamentary representative democracy. Finland is a republic whose head of state is President Sauli Niinistö, who leads the nation's foreign policy and is the supreme commander of ... Lists of government ministers of Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna-Maja Henriksson
Anna-Maja Kristina Henriksson (née Forss; born 7 January 1964) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish politician. She has served as Finland's Minister of Justice, in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet and Alexander Stubb's cabinet from 2011 to 2015, Antti Rinne's cabinet from June to December 2019 and currently in Sanna Marin's cabinet since December 2019. She has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2007, vice-chairperson of the Swedish People's Party of Finland 2010–2016 and chairperson of the Swedish Parliamentary Group 2015–2016. On 12 June 2016, Henriksson was elected as the leader of the Swedish People's Party of Finland becoming the first female leader for the party. She was re-elected as the party's chair in May 2021 without facing any opposition. Henriksson is married to Janne Henriksson since 1991. The couple has two children. Awards and honours Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland The Order of the White Rose of Finland ( fi, Suomen Valkoisen Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
