Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

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The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is a member of the Council of State who can take the position of acting Prime Minister of Finland when the actual Prime Minister is temporarily absent. Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the President on the advice of Prime Minister and is traditionally from the second largest party of a coalition government. The current Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is Jyrki Katainen.

[edit] 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-	Minister of Finance	National Coalition Party