Kekkonen's fifth cabinet was the 39th government of
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 B ...
. The cabinet existed from 20 October 1954 to 3 March 1956. It was a majority government.
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
Urho Kekkonen was elected the
President of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland ( fi, Suomen tasavallan presidentti; sv, Republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the p ...
on February 15 February 1956, resigning as Prime Minister and dissolving the cabinet in the process.
{{Cabinets of Finland
Kekkonen, 5
1954 establishments in Finland
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Cabinet 5