Lipponen II cabinet

Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet was the 67th government of the Republic of Finland. The cabinet's time period was from April 15, 1999 to April 17, 2003. It was a Center-left majority government. However the Center-right National Coalition Party remained in the Cabinet.

The Green League left the government on May 31, 2002 in protest against the government deciding to build the country's fifth nuclear power plant.

Minister	Term of office	Party
Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	Social Democratic Party
Minister for Foreign Affairs Tarja Halonen Erkki Tuomioja	April 15, 1999 – February 25, 2000 February 25, 2000 – April 17, 2003	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of Justice Johannes Koskinen	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	Social Democratic Party
Minister of the Interior Kari Häkämies Ville Itälä	April 15, 1999 – June 1, 2000 June 1, 2000 – April 17, 2003	National Coalition Party National Coalition Party
Minister of Defence Jan-Erik Enestam	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	Swedish People's Party
Minister of Finance Sauli Niinistö	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	National Coalition Party
Cordinate Minister of Finance Suvi-Anne Siimes	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	Left Alliance
Minister of Education Maija Rask	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Kalevi Hemilä Raimo Tammilehto Jari Koskinen	April 15, 1999 – February 1, 2002 February 1, 2002 – May 31, 2002 May 31, 2002 – April 17, 2003	neutral neutral National Coalition Party
Minister of Transport Olli-Pekka Heinonen	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	National Coalition Party
Minister of Transport and Communications Olli-Pekka Heinonen Kimmo Sasi	October 1, 2000 – January 4, 2002 January 4, 2002 – April 17, 2003	National Coalition Party National Coalition Party
Minister of Trade and Industry Erkki Tuomioja Sinikka Mönkäre	April 15, 1999 – February 25, 2000 February 25, 2000 – April 17, 2003	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of Social Affairs and Health Maija Perho	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	National Coalition Party National Coalition Party
Minister of Health and Social Services Eva Biaudet Osmo Soininvaara Eva Biaudet	April 15, 1999 – April 25, 2000 April 14, 2000 – April 19, 2002 April 19, 2002 – April 17, 2003	Swedish People's Party Green League Swedish People's Party
Minister of Labour Sinikka Mönkäre Tarja Filatov	April 15, 1999 – February 25, 2000 February 25, 2000 – April 17, 2003	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of the Environment Satu Hassi Jouni Backman	April 15, 1999 – May 31, 2002 May 31, 2002 – May 17, 2003	Green League Social Democratic Party
Minister of Culture Suvi Lindén Kaarina Dromberg	April 15, 1999 – June 5, 2002 June 5, 2002 – April 17, 2003	National Coalition Party National Coalition Party
Minister of Regional and Municipal Affairs Martti Korhonen	April 15, 1999 – April 17, 2003	Left Alliance
Minister of Foreign Trade Kimmo Sasi Jari Vilén	April 15, 1999 – January 4, 2002 January 4, 2002 – April 17,2003	National Coalition Party National Coalition Party