The cabinet of Antti Rinne was the 75th

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. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2019 and was formally appointed by

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on 6 June 2019. The cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the

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, the Centre Party, the

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, the Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party. The cabinet's

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was Antti Rinne. This government was the first

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coalition to lead Finland since the

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in 2003. The Rinne coalition had a total of 117 seats (58.5%) in the 200-seat

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. Rinne announced the resignation of his government on 3 December 2019. It continued its term as a caretaker government until a new government, the Marin Cabinet, was formed.

Ministers

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The Rinne cabinet comprised 19 ministers: seven ministers from the Social Democratic Party, five ministers from the Centre Party, three from the Green League, and two each from the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party. The constitution requires ministers to be "honest and competent". The nomination of Centre's

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as the Minister of Defence drew considerable controversy due to his previous conviction from

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. Historically, the interpretation of the "honest and competent" clause has been permissive: the most salient example would be

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, who was also successfully appointed in 1966 despite his conviction in 1961, also from corruption. Rinne had the question checked with the Chancellor of Justice and Kaikkonen was cleared to proceed. The motivation was that there had already been two elections in between where Kaikkonen had been re-elected, and Kaikkonen had been law-abiding since.

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Ministers

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