Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet was the 69th government of

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. The cabinet was in office from 24 July 2003 to 19 April 2007, and its prime minister was

Matti Vanhanen Matti Taneli Vanhanen (; born 4 November 1955) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party and President of the European Council in 2006. In his earlier career, h ...

. The government was composed of a coalition formed by the Centre Party, the

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, and the

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Ministers

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