Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
Suomen pääministerin sijainen

Coat of arms of Finland
Incumbent
Timo Soini

since 29 May 2015
Appointer Finnish Government
Inaugural holder Johannes Virolainen
Formation 1957
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The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is a member of the Government who becomes the acting Prime Minister when the actual Prime Minister is temporarily unable to discharge his or her duties. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Government and traditionally comes from the second largest party of a coalition government. In recent years he/she has usually been Minister of Finance as well. The current Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is Timo Soini, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Finland

No Name Image Term Ministerial office Party
1 Johannes Virolainen 1957 Minister of Education Agrarian League
2 Nils Meinander 1957 Minister of Finance Swedish People's Party
3 Esa Kaitila 1957 Minister of Trade and Industry Liberal People's Party
4 Aarre Simonen 1957 Minister without Portfolio Social Democratic Party
1

(2)

Johannes Virolainen 1957 Minister for Foreign Affairs Agrarian League
5 Reino Oittinen 1957–1958 Minister of Education Technical minister
6 Tyyne Leivo-Larsson 1958 Minister without Portfolio Technical minister
1

(3)

Johannes Virolainen 1958 Minister for Foreign Affairs Agrarian League
7 Onni Hiltunen 1958–1959 Minister of Trade and Industry Social Democratic Party
8 Ralf Törngren 1959–1961 Minister for Foreign Affairs Swedish People's Party
9 Eemil Luukka 1961 Minister of the Interior Agrarian League
10 Kauno Kleemola 1961 Minister of Transportation Agrarian League
9

(2)

Eemil Luukka 1961–1962 Minister of the Interior Agrarian League
1

(4)

Johannes Virolainen 1962–1963 Minister of Agriculture Agrarian League
11 Aarne Nuorvala 1963–1964 Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Technical minister
5

(2)

Reino Oittinen 1964 Minister of Education Technical minister
12 Ahti Karjalainen 1964–1966 Minister for Foreign Affairs Agrarian League/Centre Party
5

(3)

Reino Oittinen 1966–1968 Minister of Education Social Democratic Party
1

(4)

Johannes Virolainen 1968–1970 Minister of Education Centre Party
13 Päiviö Hetemäki 1970 Minister of Finance Technical minister
14 Veikko Helle 1970–1971 Minister of Labour Social Democratic Party
13

(2)

Päiviö Hetemäki 1971–1972 Minister of Finance Technical minister
15 Mauno Koivisto 1972 Governor of the Bank of Finland Social Democratic Party
12

(2)

Ahti Karjalainen 1972–1975 Minister for Foreign Affairs Centre Party
16 Olavi Mattila 1975 Minister for Foreign Affairs Technical minister
17 Kalevi Sorsa 1975–1976 Minister for Foreign Affairs Social Democratic Party
12

(3)

Ahti Karjalainen 1976–1977 Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Centre Party
1

(5)

Johannes Virolainen 1977–1979 Minister of Agriculture Centre Party
18 Eino Uusitalo 1979–1982 Minister of the Interior Centre Party
19 Ahti Pekkala 1982–1983 Minister of Finance Centre Party
20 Paavo Väyrynen 1983–1987 Minister for Foreign Affairs Centre Party
17

(2)

Kalevi Sorsa 1987–1989 Minister for Foreign Affairs Social Democratic Party
21 Pertti Paasio 1989–1991 Minister for Foreign Affairs Social Democratic Party
22 Ilkka Kanerva 1991 Minister of Labour National Coalition Party
23 Pertti Salolainen 1991–1995 Minister for Foreign Trade National Coalition Party
24 Sauli Niinistö 1995–2001 Minister of Finance National Coalition Party
25 Ville Itälä 2001–2003 Minister of the Interior National Coalition Party
26 Antti Kalliomäki 2003–2005 Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party
27 Eero Heinäluoma 2005–2007 Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party
28 Jyrki Katainen 2007–2011 Minister of Finance National Coalition Party
30 Jutta Urpilainen 2011–2014 Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party
31 Antti Rinne 2014–2015 Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party
32 Timo Soini 2015—incumbent Minister for Foreign Affairs Finns Party
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