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	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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