Finnish prime minister matti vanhanen

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Term of office Election Party Cabinet
CoalitionPresident
(Tenure)Took officeLeft officeDuration1 Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
(1861–1944)27 November
1917 27 May
1918 182 days 1917Young Finnish1. Svinhufvud I
SP–NSP–ML–RKP (minority)None 2 Juho Kusti Paasikivi
(1870–1956)27 May
1918 27 November
1918 185 days — Finnish2. Paasikivi I
SP–NSP–ML–RKP (minority)Regent
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
(1918)3 Lauri Ingman
(1868–1934)27 November
1918 17 April
1919 142 days — National Coalition3. Ingman I
KOK–ED–RKPRegent
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
(1918–1919)4 Kaarlo Castrén
(1860–1938)17 April
1919 15 August
1919 121 days 1919National Progressive4. K. Castrén
ML–ED–RKP (minority)Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
(1919–1925)5 Juho Vennola
(1872–1938)15 August
1919 15 March
1920 214 days — National Progressive5. Vennola I
ML–ED (minority)6 Rafael Erich
(1879–1946)15 March
1920 9 April
1921 1 year, 26 days — National Coalition6. Erich
KOK–ML–ED–RKP(5) Juho Vennola
(1872–1938)9 April
1921 2 June
1922 1 year, 55 days — National Progressive7. Vennola II
ML–ED (minority)7 Aimo Cajander
(1879–1943)2 June
1922 14 November
1922 166 days 1922Independent8. Cajander I
(caretaker)8 Kyösti Kallio
(1873–1940)14 November
1922 18 January
1924 1 year, 66 days — Agrarian9. Kallio I
ML–ED (minority)(7) Aimo Cajander
(1879–1943)18 January
1924 31 May
1924 135 days — Independent10. Cajander II
(caretaker)(3) Lauri Ingman
(1868–1934)31 May
1924 31 March
1925 305 days 1924National Coalition11. Ingman II
KOK–ML–ED–RKPLauri Kristian Relander
(1925–1931)9 Antti Tulenheimo
(1879–1952)31 March
1925 31 December
1925 276 days — National Coalition12. Tulenheimo
KOK–ML (minority)(8) Kyösti Kallio
(1873–1940)31 December
1925 13 December
1926 348 days — Agrarian13. Kallio II
ML–KOK (minority)10 Väinö Tanner
(1881–1966)13 December
1926 17 December
1927 1 year, 5 days — Social Democratic14. Tanner
SDP (minority)11 Juho Sunila
(1875–1936)17 December
1927 22 December
1928 1 year, 6 days 1927Agrarian15. Sunila I
ML (minority)12 Oskari Mantere
(1874–1942)22 December
1928 16 August
1929 238 days — National Progressive16. Mantere
ED (minority)(8) Kyösti Kallio
(1873–1940)16 August
1929 4 July
1930 323 days 1929Agrarian17. Kallio III
ML (minority)(1) Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
(1861–1944)4 July
1930 18 February
1931 230 days — National Coalition18. Svinhufvud II
ML–KOK–ED–RKP1930— Juho Vennola
(1872–1938)
Interim Prime Minister18 February
193121 March
193132 days— National ProgressivePehr Evind Svinhufvud
(1931–1937)(11) Juho Sunila
(1875–1936)21 March
1931 14 December
1932 1 year, 269 days — Agrarian19. Sunila II
ML–KOK–ED–RKP13 Toivo Mikael Kivimäki
(1886–1968)14 December
1932 7 October
1936 3 years, 298 days — National Progressive20. Kivimäki
ML–ED–RKP (minority)1933(8) Kyösti Kallio
(1873–1940)7 October
1936 17 February
1937 134 days 1936Agrarian21. Kallio IV
ML–ED (minority)— Rudolf Holsti
(1881–1945)
Interim Prime Minister17 February
193712 March
193724 days— National ProgressiveKyösti Kallio
(1937–1940)(7) Aimo Cajander
(1879–1943)12 March
1937 1 December
1939 2 years, 265 days — National Progressive22. Cajander III
SDP–ML–ED–RKP193914 Risto Ryti
(1889–1956)1 December
1939 19 December
1940 1 year, 19 days — National Progressive23. Ryti I
SDP–ML–ED–RKP— 24. Ryti I
SDP–ML–KOK–ED–RKP— Rudolf Walden
(1878–1946)
Interim Prime Minister19 December
19404 January
194117 days— IndependentRisto Ryti
(1940–1944)15 Johan Wilhelm Rangell
(1894–1982)4 January
1941 5 March
1943 2 years, 61 days — National Progressive25. Rangell
SDP–ML–KOK–RKP–ED–IKL16 Edwin Linkomies
(1894–1963)5 March
1943 8 August
1944 1 year, 157 days — National Coalition26. Linkomies
KOK–SDP–ML–RKP–EDCarl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
(1944–1946)17 Antti Hackzell
(1881–1946)8 August
1944 21 September
1944 45 days — Independent27. Hackzell
KOK–SDP–ML–RKP–ED18 Urho Castrén
(1886–1965)21 September
1944 17 November
1944 58 days — National Coalition28. U. Castrén
KOK–SDP–ML–RKP–ED(2) Juho Kusti Paasikivi
(1870–1956)17 November
1944 9 March
1946 1 year, 113 days — National Coalition29. Paasikivi II
SDP–SKDL–ML–KOK–RKP–ED194530. Paasikivi III
SDP–SKDL–ML–ED–RKP— Carl Enckell
(1876–1959)
Interim Prime Minister9 March
194626 March
194618 days— IndependentJuho Kusti Paasikivi
(1946–1956)19 Mauno Pekkala
(1890–1952)26 March
1946 29 July
1948 2 years, 126 days — SKDL31. Pekkala
SKDL–SDP–ML–RKP20 Karl-August Fagerholm
(1901–1984)29 July
1948 17 March
1950 1 year, 232 days 1948Social Democratic32. Fagerholm I
SDP (minority)21 Urho Kekkonen
(1900–1986)17 March
1950 17 November
1953 3 years, 246 days — Agrarian33. Kekkonen I
ML–RKP–ED (minority)— 34. Kekkonen II
ML–SDP–RKP–ED195135. Kekkonen III
ML–SDP–RKP— 36. Kekkonen IV
ML–RKP (minority)22 Sakari Tuomioja
(1911–1964)17 November
1953 5 May
1954 170 days — Independent37. Tuomioja
(caretaker)23 Ralf Törngren
(1899–1961)5 May
1954 20 October
1954 169 days 1954Swedish People's38. Törngren
SDP–ML–RKP(21) Urho Kekkonen
(1900–1986)20 October
1954 3 March
1956 1 year, 136 days — Agrarian39. Kekkonen V
ML–SDP(20) Karl-August Fagerholm
(1901–1984)3 March
1956 27 May
1957 1 year, 86 days — Social Democratic40. Fagerholm II
SDP–ML–RKPUrho Kekkonen
(1956–1982)24 V. J. Sukselainen
(1906–1995)27 May
1957 29 November
1957 187 days — Agrarian41. Sukselainen I
ML–RKP–SDP–KP–TPSL25 Rainer von Fieandt
(1890–1972)29 November
1957 26 April
1958 149 days — Independent42. von Fieandt
(caretaker)26 Reino Kuuskoski
(1907–1965)26 April
1958 29 August
1958 126 days — Independent43. Kuuskoski
(caretaker)(20) Karl-August Fagerholm
(1901–1984)29 August
1958 13 January
1959 138 days 1958Social Democratic44. Fagerholm III
SDP–ML–KOK–RKP–KP(24) V. J. Sukselainen
(1906–1995)13 January
1959 3 July
1961 2 years, 183 days — Agrarian45. Sukselainen II
ML–RKP (minority)— Eemil Luukka
(1892–1970)
Interim Prime Minister3 July
196114 July
196112 days— Agrarian27 Martti Miettunen
(1907–2002)14 July
1961 13 April
1962 274 days — Agrarian46. Miettunen I
ML (minority)28 Ahti Karjalainen
(1923–1990)13 April
1962 18 December
1963 1 year, 250 days 1962Agrarian47. Karjalainen I
ML–KOK–RKP–KP–SDP29 Reino Ragnar Lehto
(1898–1966)18 December
1963 12 September
1964 270 days — Independent48. Lehto
(caretaker)30 Johannes Virolainen
(1914–2000)12 September
1964 27 May
1966 1 year, 258 days — Agrarian49. Virolainen
ML–KOK–RKP–KP31 Rafael Paasio
(1903–1980)27 May
1966 22 March
1968 1 year, 301 days 1966Social Democratic50. Paasio I
SDP–KESK–SKDL–TPSL32 Mauno Koivisto
(1923–2017)22 March
1968 14 May
1970 2 years, 54 days — Social Democratic51. Koivisto I
SDP–KESK–SKDL–TPSL–RKP33 Teuvo Aura
(1912–1999)14 May
1970 15 July
1970 63 days — Independent52. Aura I
(caretaker)(28) Ahti Karjalainen
(1923–1990)15 July
1970 29 October
1971 1 year, 107 days 1970Centre53. Karjalainen II
KESK–SDP–SKDL–RKP–LKP(33) Teuvo Aura
(1912–1999)29 October
1971 23 February
1972 118 days — Independent54. Aura II
(caretaker)(31) Rafael Paasio
(1903–1980)23 February
1972 4 September
1972 195 days 1972Social Democratic55. Paasio II
SDP (minority)34 Kalevi Sorsa
(1930–2004)4 September
1972 13 June
1975 2 years, 283 days — Social Democratic56. Sorsa I
SDP–KESK–RKP–LKP35 Keijo Liinamaa
(1929–1980)13 June
1975 30 November
1975 171 days — Independent57. Liinamaa
(caretaker)(27) Martti Miettunen
(1907–2002)30 November
1975 15 May
1977 1 year, 167 days 1975Centre58. Miettunen II
KESK–RKP–LKP (minority)— 59. Miettunen III
KESK–RKP–LKP(34) Kalevi Sorsa
(1930–2004)15 May
1977 26 May
1979 2 years, 12 days — Social Democratic60. Sorsa II
SDP–KESK–SKDL–RKP–LKP(32) Mauno Koivisto
(1923–2017)26 May
1979 27 October
1981 2 years, 155 days 1979Social Democratic61. Koivisto II
SDP–KESK–SKDL–RKP— Eino Uusitalo
(1924–2015)
Interim Prime Minister27 October
198119 February
1982117 days— CentreMauno Koivisto
(1982–1994)(34) Kalevi Sorsa
(1930–2004)19 February
1982 30 April
1987 5 years, 71 days — Social Democratic62. Sorsa III
SDP–KESK–SKDL–RKP–LKP198363. Sorsa IV
SDP–KESK–RKP–SMP36 Harri Holkeri
(1937–2011)30 April
1987 26 April
1991 3 years, 362 days 1987National Coalition64. Holkeri
KOK–SDP–RKP–SMP37 Esko Aho
(born 1954)26 April
1991 13 April
1995 3 years, 353 days 1991Centre65. Aho
KESK–KOK–RKP–SKLMartti Ahtisaari
(1994–2000)38 Paavo Lipponen
(born 1941)13 April
1995 17 April
2003 8 years, 5 days 1995Social Democratic66. Lipponen I
SDP–KOK–RKP–VAS–VIHR199967. Lipponen II
SDP–KOK–RKP–VAS–VIHRTarja Halonen
(2000–2012)39 Anneli Jäätteenmäki
(born 1955)17 April
2003 24 June
2003 69 days 2003Centre68. Jäätteenmäki
KESK–SDP–RKP40 Matti Vanhanen
(born 1955)24 June
2003 22 June
2010 6 years, 364 days — Centre69. Vanhanen I
KESK–SDP–RKP200770. Vanhanen II
KESK–KOK–RKP–VIHR41 Mari Kiviniemi
(born 1968)22 June
2010 22 June
2011 1 year, 1 day — Centre71. Kiviniemi
KESK–KOK–RKP–VIHR42 Jyrki Katainen
(born 1971)22 June
2011 24 June
2014 3 years, 3 days 2011National Coalition72. Katainen
KOK–SDP–RKP–VAS–VIHR–KDSauli Niinistö
(2012–2024)43 Alexander Stubb
(born 1968)24 June
2014 29 May
2015 340 days — National Coalition73. Stubb
KOK–SDP–RKP–VIHR–KD44 Juha Sipilä
(born 1961)29 May
2015 6 June
2019 4 years, 9 days 2015Centre74. Sipilä
KESK–PS–KOK45 Antti Rinne
(born 1962)6 June
2019 10 December
2019 188 days 2019Social Democratic75. Rinne
SDP–KESK–VIHR–VAS–RKP46 Sanna Marin
(born 1985)10 December
2019 20 June
2023 3 years, 193 days — Social Democratic76. Marin
SDP–KESK–VIHR–VAS–RKP47 Petteri Orpo
(born 1969)20 June
2023 Incumbent

1 year, 214 days

2023National Coalition77. Orpo
KOK–PS–RKP–KDAlexander Stubb
(since 2024)