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2011 In Finland
The following lists events that happened in 2011 in Finland. Incumbents *President of Finland, President – Tarja Halonen *Prime Minister of Finland, Prime Minister – Mari Kiviniemi, Jyrki Katainen Events *17 April – 2011 Finnish parliamentary election *15 May – 2011 IIHF World Championship, Finland wins the IIHF world Championship for the second time since 1995 *16 October – the 2011 Ålandic legislative election *26 December – Cyclone Dagmar, Tapani was dubbed the worst storm in Finland in 10 years. Full date unknown *TangaReef travel booking company is founded in Helsinki. Deaths *11 February – Bo Carpelan, poet (b. 1926) *26 March – Yrjö Hietanen, sprint canoer (b. 1927). *27 May – Jukka Toivola, long-distance runner and chemist (b. 1949). *12 June – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, writer and translator (b. 1947) *5 July – Mika Myllylä, cross country skier (b. 1969) *7 August – Harri Holkeri, statesman, Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland (; ) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March 2024. He was elected president for the first time in 2024 Finnish presidential election, 2024. The president is directly elected by universal suffrage for a term of six years. Since 1994, no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The president must be a Natural-born-citizen clause, natural-born Finnish citizen. The presidential office was established in the Constitution of Finland#Historical background and reform, Constitution Act of 1919. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the president, with the latter possessing only residual powers. Only formally, the president Finnish order of precedence, ranks first in the protocol, before the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland, speaker of the parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland, prime minister of Finland. Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
