Pehr Evind Svinhufvud Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (, 15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third president of Finland from 1931 to 1937. Serving as a lawyer, judge, and politician in the Grand Duchy of Finland, which was at that time an autonomous s ...

's first senate was the first

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

and '' de facto'' Government of independent Finland. Its term spanned November 27, 1917 – May 27, 1918. It sat in

Vaasa Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ),Finnish Civil War The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between Whites (Finland), White Finland and the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic (Red Finland) during the country's transition fr ...

from January 29 to May 3, 1918 and was known as the Vaasa Senate during that time.

Assembly

The following table displays the Senate's composition:

References

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