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Minister of Foreign Affairs (Finland)



 
 
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (in Finnish
Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
 Ulkoasiainministeri, in Swedish
Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
 Utrikesminister) handles Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
's Foreign affairs
Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs is an United States journal on international relations published by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually. The CFR is a private-sector group established in New York City in 1921, with the mission of promoting understanding of foreign policy and America?s role in the world....
. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb

Cai-G?ran Alexander Stubb is a Politics of Finland politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008. From 2004 to 2008 he was a Member of the European Parliament with the European People's Party and a professor at the College of Europe....
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Three ministers are attached to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a Ministry in the Finnish Government and is responsible for preparing and implementing the government's foreign policy....
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List of Ministers for Foreign Affairs
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Period of Office Minister for Foreign Affairs
1918 Otto Stenroth
Otto Stenroth

Otto Stenroth was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland....
 
1918-1919 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
 
1919-1922 Rudolf Holsti
Rudolf Holsti

Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finland politician, journalist and a diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Finland 1919–1922 and 1936–1938 and a member of the Finnish Parliament 1913–1918 representing the Young Finnish Party ....
 
1922 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
 
1922-1924 Juho Vennola
Juho Vennola

Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the Edistyspuolue, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times ....
 
1924 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
 
1924-1925 Hjalmar Procopé
1925 Karl Idman
1925-1926 Emil Nestor Setälä
1926-1927 Väinö Voionmaa
Väinö Voionmaa

Kaarle V?in? Voionmaa was a Finnish people professor, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influential politicians during the early times of independent Republic of Finland....
 
1927-1931 Hjalmar Procopé
1931-1932 Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
1932-1936 Antti Hackzell
Antti Hackzell

Antti Hackzell was a Politics of Finland from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland in 1944 .In summer 1944 Hackzell was chosen to form a government with the goal to sign peace treaty with Soviet Union....
 
1936-1938 Rudolf Holsti
Rudolf Holsti

Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finland politician, journalist and a diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Finland 1919–1922 and 1936–1938 and a member of the Finnish Parliament 1913–1918 representing the Young Finnish Party ....
 
1938-1939 Eljas Erkko
1939-1940 Väinö Tanner
Väinö Tanner

V?in? Tanner was a pioneer and leader in the cooperative movement in Finland, and Prime Minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927 .Tanner did not participate in the Finnish Civil War....
 
1940-1943 Rolf Witting
Rolf Witting

Professor Rolf Witting was a renowned oceanography and Swedish-speaking Finns Finland politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1926–1943....
 
1943-1944 Carl Henrik Ramsay
1944-1950 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
1950-1951 Åke Gartz
1951-1952 Sakari Tuomioja
Sakari Tuomioja

Sakari Severi Tuomioja was a Finland politician , diplomat, Prime Minister of Finland during the caretaker government which was formed in 1953 ....
 
1952-1953 Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was a Politics of Finland who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the "active neutrality" policy of President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, which came to be known as the Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line....
 
1953-1954 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren

Ralf Johan Gustaf T?rngren, , was a Finland politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954 ....
 
1954 Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was a Politics of Finland who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the "active neutrality" policy of President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, which came to be known as the Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line....
 
1954-1956 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen

Johannes Virolainen was a Finland politician.Virolainen was born near Vyborg. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland....
 
1956-1957 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren

Ralf Johan Gustaf T?rngren, , was a Finland politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954 ....
 
1957 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen

Johannes Virolainen was a Finland politician.Virolainen was born near Vyborg. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland....
 
1957-1958 Paavo Hynninen
1958 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen

Johannes Virolainen was a Finland politician.Virolainen was born near Vyborg. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland....
 
1958-1959 Karl-August Fagerholm
1959-1961 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren

Ralf Johan Gustaf T?rngren, , was a Finland politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954 ....
 
1961-1962 Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen

Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms ....
 
1962-1963 Veli Merikoski
1963-1964 Jaakko Hallama
1964-1970 Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen

Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms ....
 
1970-1971 Väinö Leskinen
1971-1972 Olavi J.






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The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (in Finnish
Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by Finnish people outside of Finland. It is one of the official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden....
 Ulkoasiainministeri, in Swedish
Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic languages language, spoken by around 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands....
 Utrikesminister) handles Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
's Foreign affairs
Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs is an United States journal on international relations published by the Council on Foreign Relations six times annually. The CFR is a private-sector group established in New York City in 1921, with the mission of promoting understanding of foreign policy and America?s role in the world....
. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb

Cai-G?ran Alexander Stubb is a Politics of Finland politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008. From 2004 to 2008 he was a Member of the European Parliament with the European People's Party and a professor at the College of Europe....
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Three ministers are attached to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a Ministry in the Finnish Government and is responsible for preparing and implementing the government's foreign policy....
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  • Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for foreign and security policy and general foreign service matters, Alexander Stubb
    Alexander Stubb

    Cai-G?ran Alexander Stubb is a Politics of Finland politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008. From 2004 to 2008 he was a Member of the European Parliament with the European People's Party and a professor at the College of Europe....
    .
  • Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, responsible for economic relations and development and the coordination of the country's relations with adjacent states, Paavo Väyrynen
    Paavo Väyrynen

    Paavo Matti V?yrynen is a Politics of Finland veteran politician of the Centre Party . He is currently Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet....
  • Minister of Nordic Cooperation, planning and coordination of Finland's Nordic relations, Jan Vapaavuori
    Jan Vapaavuori

    Jan Pellervo Vapaavuori is a Finnish politician and Minister of housing in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet of Matti Vanhanen. He has been member of Parliament from Helsinki since 2003 and he represents National Coalition Party....
    . He also holds the office of Minister for Housing.


List of Ministers for Foreign Affairs


Period of Office Minister for Foreign Affairs
1918 Otto Stenroth
Otto Stenroth

Otto Stenroth was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Senate of Finland....
 
1918-1919 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
 
1919-1922 Rudolf Holsti
Rudolf Holsti

Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finland politician, journalist and a diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Finland 1919–1922 and 1936–1938 and a member of the Finnish Parliament 1913–1918 representing the Young Finnish Party ....
 
1922 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
 
1922-1924 Juho Vennola
Juho Vennola

Juho Heikki Vennola was Professor of National Economics at the University of Helsinki, a member of the Parliament of Finland, and a politician from the Edistyspuolue, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times ....
 
1924 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
 
1924-1925 Hjalmar Procopé
1925 Karl Idman
1925-1926 Emil Nestor Setälä
1926-1927 Väinö Voionmaa
Väinö Voionmaa

Kaarle V?in? Voionmaa was a Finnish people professor, member of the parliament of Finland, senator, minister and chancellor. He also was one of the most influential politicians during the early times of independent Republic of Finland....
 
1927-1931 Hjalmar Procopé
1931-1932 Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
1932-1936 Antti Hackzell
Antti Hackzell

Antti Hackzell was a Politics of Finland from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland in 1944 .In summer 1944 Hackzell was chosen to form a government with the goal to sign peace treaty with Soviet Union....
 
1936-1938 Rudolf Holsti
Rudolf Holsti

Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finland politician, journalist and a diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Finland 1919–1922 and 1936–1938 and a member of the Finnish Parliament 1913–1918 representing the Young Finnish Party ....
 
1938-1939 Eljas Erkko
1939-1940 Väinö Tanner
Väinö Tanner

V?in? Tanner was a pioneer and leader in the cooperative movement in Finland, and Prime Minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927 .Tanner did not participate in the Finnish Civil War....
 
1940-1943 Rolf Witting
Rolf Witting

Professor Rolf Witting was a renowned oceanography and Swedish-speaking Finns Finland politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1926–1943....
 
1943-1944 Carl Henrik Ramsay
1944-1950 Carl Enckell
Carl Enckell

Carl Enckell was a Finland politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg. On several occasions he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as the Finnish delegate in League of Nations....
1950-1951 Åke Gartz
1951-1952 Sakari Tuomioja
Sakari Tuomioja

Sakari Severi Tuomioja was a Finland politician , diplomat, Prime Minister of Finland during the caretaker government which was formed in 1953 ....
 
1952-1953 Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was a Politics of Finland who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the "active neutrality" policy of President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, which came to be known as the Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line....
 
1953-1954 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren

Ralf Johan Gustaf T?rngren, , was a Finland politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954 ....
 
1954 Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen was a Politics of Finland who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the "active neutrality" policy of President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, which came to be known as the Paasikivi-Kekkonen Line....
 
1954-1956 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen

Johannes Virolainen was a Finland politician.Virolainen was born near Vyborg. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland....
 
1956-1957 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren

Ralf Johan Gustaf T?rngren, , was a Finland politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954 ....
 
1957 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen

Johannes Virolainen was a Finland politician.Virolainen was born near Vyborg. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland....
 
1957-1958 Paavo Hynninen
1958 Johannes Virolainen
Johannes Virolainen

Johannes Virolainen was a Finland politician.Virolainen was born near Vyborg. After the Continuation War Virolainen moved to Lohja, but he remained one of the leaders of the evacuated Karelians, and never gave up the hope that Soviet Union and later Russia would return Finnish Karelia to Finland....
 
1958-1959 Karl-August Fagerholm
1959-1961 Ralf Törngren
Ralf Törngren

Ralf Johan Gustaf T?rngren, , was a Finland politician. He was the party leader of the Swedish People's Party , a member of the Finnish parliament and the Prime Minister of Finland 5 May-20 October 1954 ....
 
1961-1962 Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen

Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms ....
 
1962-1963 Veli Merikoski
1963-1964 Jaakko Hallama
1964-1970 Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen

Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms ....
 
1970-1971 Väinö Leskinen
1971-1972 Olavi J. Mattila
1972 Kalevi Sorsa
Kalevi Sorsa

Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finland politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister ....
 
1972-1975 Ahti Karjalainen
Ahti Karjalainen

Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finland politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms ....
 
1975 Olavi J. Mattila
1975-1976 Kalevi Sorsa
Kalevi Sorsa

Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finland politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister ....
 
1976-1977 Keijo Korhonen
Keijo Korhonen

Keijo Korhonen was a Finland ski jumper who competed from 1979 to 1983. He won a bronze medal in the team large hill at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo....
 
1977-1982 Paavo Väyrynen
Paavo Väyrynen

Paavo Matti V?yrynen is a Politics of Finland veteran politician of the Centre Party . He is currently Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet....
 
1982-1983 Pär Stenbäck
1983-1987 Paavo Väyrynen
Paavo Väyrynen

Paavo Matti V?yrynen is a Politics of Finland veteran politician of the Centre Party . He is currently Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet....
 
1987-1989 Kalevi Sorsa
Kalevi Sorsa

Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finland politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister ....
1989 - 1991 Pertti Paasio
Pertti Paasio

Pertti Kullervo Paasio is a Finland politician from the Social Democratic Party of Finland.Paasio participated in the municipal politics of Turku and was elected into the municipal council in 1965....
 
1991 - 1993 Paavo Väyrynen
Paavo Väyrynen

Paavo Matti V?yrynen is a Politics of Finland veteran politician of the Centre Party . He is currently Minister for Foreign Trade and Development in Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet....
 
1993 - 1995 Heikki Haavisto
1995 Paavo Rantanen
1995 - 2000 Tarja Halonen
Tarja Halonen

Tarja Kaarina Halonen is the current President of Finland. She began her first six-year term of office in 2000 and was re-elected on January 29, 2006....
 
2000- 2007 Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Tuomioja

Erkki Sakari Tuomioja was the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland between 2000 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Parliament of Finland....
2007- 2008 Ilkka Kanerva
Ilkka Kanerva

Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva is a member of the Parliament of Finland. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2007 to 2008. He was forced to resign from the position due to a scandal involving hundreds of text messages he sent to an erotic dancer from his work mobile phone....
 
2008- present Alexander Stubb
Alexander Stubb

Cai-G?ran Alexander Stubb is a Politics of Finland politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008. From 2004 to 2008 he was a Member of the European Parliament with the European People's Party and a professor at the College of Europe....
 


See also

  • Antti Turunen
    Antti Turunen

    Antti Turunen is the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Eastern European and Central Asian department....
    , head of the Foreign Ministry's Eastern European and Central Asian department


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