The Stubb Cabinet was the 73rd

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, which stepped into office on 24 June 2014. It succeeded Jyrki Katainen's cabinet. The cabinet's prime minister was

Alexander Stubb Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (born 1 April 1968) 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 ...

. In September 2014, the

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announced its departure from the cabinet after the majority of the cabinet voted to approve a new decision-in-principle for the

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nuclear project. The portfolios held by Green League were divided between the leading

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and the

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. Sirpa Paatero was chosen as the Minister for International Development and Sanni Grahn-Laasonen as Minister of the Environment. After the

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ceased their support for Stubb's government and left it, Stubb cabinet's strength was reduced to 101 out of 200 in the Eduskunta, which is a bare majority. The Stubb Cabinet was succeeded by the

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headed by Centre Party leader

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on 29 May 2015.

Ministers

The NCP had six ministers in the Cabinet as did the SDP. The Green League and the Swedish People's Party had two ministers each and the Christian Democrats had one.

Environmental policy

The Stubb Cabinet's environmental minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen ( kok.) cancelled the environmental program intended to protect the wetlands, instead favouring an approach based on voluntary protection. Former Minister of the Environment Ville Niinistö ( vihr.) criticised the decision. The Greens left the cabinet following the cabinet's decision to back the

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with ties to Russian state-owned

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References

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Ministers

Environmental policy

See also

References