sv, finansministeriet , logo = Ministry of Finance (Finland) logo.png , logo_width = , logo_caption = , seal = , seal_width = , seal_caption = , picture = , picture_width = , picture_caption = , formed = (as the Economic Division of the Finnish Governing Council) , preceding1 = , preceding2 = , dissolved = , superseding = , jurisdiction =

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, headquarters = , coordinates = , employees = , budget = €17.195 billion (2018) , minister1_name = Annika Saarikko , minister1_pfo =

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...

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Sirpa Paatero Sirpa Paatero (born 9 September 1964) is a Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) who has been serving as Minister of Local Government in the government of Prime Minister Sanna Marin since 2019. Political career In parliamen ...

, minister2_pfo = Minister of Local Government , chief1_name = Juha Majanen , chief1_position = Permanent Secretary , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , chief3_name = , chief3_position = , chief4_name = , chief4_position = , chief5_name = , chief5_position = , chief6_name = , agency_type = , chief6_position = , chief7_name = , chief7_position = , chief8_name = , chief8_position = , chief9_name = , chief9_position = , parent_department = , parent_agency = , child1_agency =

Finnish Customs The Finnish Customs ( fi, Tulli, sv, Tull) is the customs service of the Republic of Finland. It is a government agency steered by the Ministry of Finance. The Finnish Customs is a part of the customs system of the European Union and has aroun ...

, child2_agency = Financial Stability Authority , child3_agency = Valtori , child4_agency = VATT , child5_agency = Population Register Centre , child6_agency = AVI , child7_agency = Register Offices , child8_agency = Shared Services Center , child9_agency = Statistics Finland , child10_agency = Tax Administration , child11_agency = Treasury , keydocument1 = , website = , footnotes = , map = , map_width = , map_caption = The Ministry of Finance (FM, fi, valtiovarainministeriö, sv, finansministeriet) is one of the 12 ministries which comprise the

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. The FM prepares the Government's economic and financial policy as well as the state budget, and acts as a tax policy expert. The ministry indirectly employs about 12,000 people through its administrative branch. About 360 people are employed by the ministry itself. The FM is headed by

Finland's 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 Bothn ...

, Annika Saarikko, holding the office since 27 May 2021. The ministry's most senior public official is Permanent Secretary Martti Hetemäki. For 2018, the FM's budget is

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17,194,849,000.

History

Along with the

Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Justi ...

, the FM is one of the two oldest ministries in Finland. Finland’s fiscal autonomy started in the Diet of Porvoo in 1809, when the Emperor of Russia and Grand Duke of Finland

Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon 495–454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome * Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of A ...

solemnly declared that all taxes levied in autonomous

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecess ...

would be used solely to meet the nation’s own needs. The predecessor of Ministry of Finance was called the Economic Division of The Governing Council. It was founded to manage the civil administrative and economic affairs of the country.

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Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of f ...

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 Bot ...