Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

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The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is a member of the Council of State 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 Council of State 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 Jutta Urpilainen, Minister of Finance.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Finland

Name Term Ministerial office Party
Johannes Virolainen 1957 Minister of Education Agrarian League
Nils Meinander 1957 Minister of Finance Swedish People's Party
Esa Kaitila 1957 Minister of Trade and Industry Liberal People's Party
Aarre Simonen 1957 Minister without Portfolio Social Democratic Party
Johannes Virolainen 1957 Minister for Foreign Affairs Agrarian League
Reino Oittinen 1957-1958 Minister of Education Technical minister
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson 1958 Minister without Portfolio Technical minister
Johannes Virolainen 1958 Minister for Foreign Affairs Agrarian League
Onni Hiltunen 1958-1959 Minister of Trade and Industry Social Democratic Party
Ralf Törngren 1959-1961 Minister for Foreign Affairs Swedish People's Party
Eemil Luukka 1961 Minister of the Interior Agrarian League
Kauno Kleemola 1961 Minister of Transportation Agrarian League
Eemil Luukka 1961-1962 Minister of the Interior Agrarian League
Johannes Virolainen 1962-1963 Minister of Agriculture Agrarian League
Aarne Nuorvala 1963-1964 Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Technical minister
Reino Oittinen 1964 Minister of Education Technical minister
Ahti Karjalainen 1964-1966 Minister for Foreign Affairs Agrarian League/Centre Party
Reino Oittinen 1966-1968 Minister of Education Social Democratic Party
Johannes Virolainen 1968-1970 Minister of Education Centre Party
Päiviö Hetemäki 1970 Minister of Finance Technical minister
Veikko Helle 1970-1971 Minister of Labour Social Democratic Party
Päiviö Hetemäki 1971-1972 Minister of Finance Technical minister
Mauno Koivisto 1972 Governor of the Bank of Finland Social Democratic Party
Ahti Karjalainen 1972-1975 Minister for Foreign Affairs Centre Party
Olavi Mattila 1975 Minister for Foreign Affairs Technical minister
Kalevi Sorsa 1975-1976 Minister for Foreign Affairs Social Democratic Party
Ahti Karjalainen 1976-1977 Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Centre Party
Johannes Virolainen 1977-1979 Minister of Agriculture Centre Party
Eino Uusitalo 1979-1982 Minister of the Interior Centre Party
Ahti Pekkala 1982-1983 Minister of Finance Centre Party
Paavo Väyrynen 1983-1987 Minister for Foreign Affairs Centre Party
Kalevi Sorsa 1987-1989 Minister for Foreign Affairs Social Democratic Party
Pertti Paasio 1989-1991 Minister for Foreign Affairs Social Democratic Party
Ilkka Kanerva 1991 Minister of Labour National Coalition Party
Pertti Salolainen 1991-1995 Minister for Foreign Trade National Coalition Party
Sauli Niinistö 1995-2001 Minister of Finance National Coalition Party
Ville Itälä 2001-2003 Minister of the Interior National Coalition Party
Antti Kalliomäki 2003-2005 Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party
Eero Heinäluoma 2005-2007 Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party
Jyrki Katainen 2007-2011 Minister of Finance National Coalition Party
Jutta Urpilainen 2011-incumbent Minister of Finance Social Democratic Party

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