List of Finns - Politicians

Politicians

See also: Prime Minister of Finland, President of Finland

  • Esko Aho – prime minister 1991–1995
  • Martti Ahtisaari – UN diplomat, Nobelist, president 1994-2000
  • Karl-August Fagerholm – politician (1901 – 1984)
  • Tarja Halonen – first female president, 2000–2012
  • Satu Hassi – MEP
  • Heidi Hautala – MEP
  • Harri Holkeri – prime minister and UN diplomat
  • Ville Itälä – MEP
  • Max Jakobson – UN diplomat
  • Anneli Jäätteenmäki – prime minister 2003
  • Kyösti Kallio – president 1937–1940 (1873 – 1940)
  • Urho Kekkonen – president 1956–1982 (1900 – 1986)
  • Mari Kiviniemi – prime minister 2010–
  • Mauno Koivisto – president 1982–1994
  • Hertta Kuusinen – communist politician (1904 – 1974)
  • Otto Ville Kuusinen – head of the communist Terijoki Government, later Soviet politician (1881 – 1964)
  • Axel Lille – founder of the Swedish People's Party (1848 – 1921)
  • Paavo Lipponen – prime minister 1995–2003, the 1st speaker of the Finnish Parliament 2003-2007
  • Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim – commander-in-chief, regent, president 1944-1946 (1867 – 1951)
  • Martti Miettunen – prime minister 1961–1962 and 1975–1977
  • Sauli Niinistö
  • Juho Kusti Paasikivi – president 1946–1956 (1870 – 1956)
  • Lauri Kristian Relander – president 1925–1931 (1883 – 1942)
  • Elisabeth Rehn – politician
  • Heikki Ritavuori – assassinated minister (1880 – 1922)
  • Risto Ryti – president 1940–1944 (1889 – 1956)
  • Miina Sillanpää – first female minister
  • Taisto Sinisalo – communist politician
  • Helvi Sipilä – UN diplomat
  • Johan Vilhelm Snellman – writer and senator (1806 – 1881)
  • Osmo Soininvaara – minister
  • Kalevi Sorsa – prime minister (1930 – 2004)
  • Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg – president 1919–1925 (1865 – 1952)
  • Ulf Sundqvist
  • Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – regent and president 1931-1937 (1861 – 1944)
  • Väinö Tanner – prime minister 1926–1927 (1881 – 1966)
  • Oskari Tokoi – prime minister 1917 (1873 – 1963)
  • Erkki Tuomioja – foreign minister 2000–2007
  • Martti Turunen – Japanese Diet member of Finnish origin 2001-
  • Matti Vanhanen – prime minister 2003–2010
  • Johannes Virolainen – prime minister in 1964–1966 (1914 – 2000)
  • Hella Wuolijoki

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