Minister of Foreign Affairs (Finland)
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (in Finnish
, ulkoasiainministeri, in Swedish
utrikesminister) handles Finland
's foreign affairs
. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Erkki Tuomioja
.
Three ministers are attached to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
in the current cabinet
:
provides:
This last paragraph specifies the constitutional responsibility of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
, ulkoasiainministeri, in Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
utrikesminister) handles Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
's foreign affairs
Foreign Affairs
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. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Tuomioja
Erkki Sakari Tuomioja is the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is currently a member of the Finnish Parliament.Tuomioja is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although his political views are thought to be more to the left than the party line. He is also a member of ATTAC...
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Three ministers are attached to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
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.-Organisation:...
in the current cabinet
Jyrki Katainen's cabinet
Jyrki Katainen's cabinet is the 72nd cabinet of Finland, formed as a result of the 2011 post-parliamentary election negotiations between the Finnish parliamentary parties...
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- Minister for Foreign Affairs, responsible for foreign and security policy and general foreign service matters, Erkki TuomiojaErkki TuomiojaErkki Sakari Tuomioja is the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is currently a member of the Finnish Parliament.Tuomioja is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although his political views are thought to be more to the left than the party line. He is also a member of ATTAC...
. - Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade, responsible for economic relations, coordination of EU affairs, coordination of the country's relations with adjacent states and planning and coordination of Finland's Nordic relations, Alexander StubbAlexander StubbCai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008 to 22 June 2011...
. - Minister for International Development, Heidi HautalaHeidi Hautala-External links:* * *...
. She is also responsible for state's ownership steering.
Constitutional mandate
Section 93 (Competence in the area of foreign policy issues) of the Constitution of FinlandConstitution of Finland
The Constitution of Finland is the supreme source of national law of Finland. It defines the basis, structures and organisation of government, the relationship between the different constitutional organs, and lays out the fundamental rights of Finnish citizens...
provides:
This last paragraph specifies the constitutional responsibility of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
List of Ministers for Foreign Affairs
Period of Office | Minister for Foreign Affairs | Party |
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1918 | Otto Stenroth Otto Stenroth Otto Stenroth was a Finnish lawyer, politician and banker.He served as a member of Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank executive board 1889-1893, deputy director general 1893-1906. Thereafter, he served as the chairman of the board of Hypoteekkikassa 1904-1908 and 1909-1916... |
Young Finnish Party Young Finnish Party The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland... |
1918-1919 | Carl Enckell Carl Enckell Carl Enckell was a Finnish politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg... |
Technical minister |
1919-1922 | Rudolf Holsti Rudolf Holsti Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finnish politician, journalist and 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... |
National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party... |
1922 | Carl Enckell Carl Enckell Carl Enckell was a Finnish politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg... |
Technical minister |
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 National Progressive Party, who served as Prime Minister of Finland for three times.Vennola's first government was from August 15, 1919 to March... |
National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party... |
1924 | Carl Enckell Carl Enckell Carl Enckell was a Finnish politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg... |
Technical minister |
1924-1925 | Hjalmar Procopé Hjalmar Procopé Hjalmar Johan Fredrik Procopé was a Finnish politician and a diplomat from the Swedish People's Party. Procopé was a minister in several cabinets in the 1920s and 1930s.... |
Swedish People's Party |
1925 | Gustaf Idman Gustaf Idman Karl Gustaf Idman was a Finnish diplomat and a non-partisan Minister of Foreign Affairs in Antti Tulenheimo's cabinet in 1925.... |
Technical minister |
1925-1926 | Emil Nestor Setälä | National Coalition Party |
1926-1927 | Väinö Voionmaa Väinö Voionmaa Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa was a Finnish 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... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1927-1931 | Hjalmar Procopé Hjalmar Procopé Hjalmar Johan Fredrik Procopé was a Finnish politician and a diplomat from the Swedish People's Party. Procopé was a minister in several cabinets in the 1920s and 1930s.... |
Technical minister |
1931-1932 | Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen Aarno Armas Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a Finnish politician, ambassador and freiherr. He graduated as jurist and received the title varatuomari in 1915.... |
National Coalition Party |
1932-1936 | Antti Hackzell Antti Hackzell Antti Verner Hackzell was a Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party and Prime Minister of Finland in 1944.... |
Technical minister |
1936-1938 | Rudolf Holsti Rudolf Holsti Eino Rudolf Woldemar Holsti was a Finnish politician, journalist and 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... |
National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party... |
1938 | Väinö Voionmaa Väinö Voionmaa Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa was a Finnish 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... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1938-1939 | Eljas Erkko Eljas Erkko Juho Eljas Erkko was a Finnish politician and journalist. He was a foreign minister and negotiated with the Soviet Union before the Winter War started... |
National Progressive Party National Progressive Party (Finland) The National Progressive Party was a liberal political party in Finland from 1918 to 1951. The party was founded December 8 1918, after the Finnish Civil War, by the republican majority of the Young Finnish Party and the republican minority of the Finnish Party... |
1939-1940 | Väinö Tanner Väinö Tanner Väinö Tanner was a pioneer and leader in the cooperative movement in Finland, and Prime Minister of Finland from 1926 to 1927.... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1940-1943 | Rolf Witting Rolf Witting Rolf Johan Witting was a renowned oceanographist and Swedish-speaking Finnish politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1926–1943... |
Swedish People's Party |
1943-1944 | Carl Henrik Ramsay Henrik Ramsay Carl Henrik Wolter Ramsay was a Finnish politician and an economist from the Swedish People's Party. He belonged to a Scottish noble family emigrated to Finland and was one of the few in Finland entitled to use the title Sir, however, Ramsay did not use the title.Henrik Ramsay completed his Ph.D... |
Swedish People's Party |
1944-1950 | Carl Enckell Carl Enckell Carl Enckell was a Finnish politician, officer and a diplomat. He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg... |
Technical minister |
1950-1951 | Åke Gartz Åke Gartz Åke Henrik Gartz was a Finnish CEO and the Minister of Foreign Affairs in two cabinets between 1950 and 1951.Gartz was also the Minister of Trade and Industry from 1944 to 1946... |
Technical minister |
1951-1952 | Sakari Tuomioja Sakari Tuomioja Sakari Severi Tuomioja was a Finnish politician , diplomat, Prime Minister of Finland during the caretaker government which was formed in 1953... |
Technical minister |
1952-1953 | Urho Kekkonen Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen... |
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1953-1954 | Ralf Törngren Ralf Törngren Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren, , was a Finnish 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... |
Swedish People's Party |
1954 | Urho Kekkonen Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen... |
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1954-1956 | Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen was a Finnish politician.Virolainen was born near Viipuri. 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... |
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1956-1957 | Ralf Törngren Ralf Törngren Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren, , was a Finnish 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... |
Swedish People's Party |
1957 | Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen was a Finnish politician.Virolainen was born near Viipuri. 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... |
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1957-1958 | Paavo Hynninen Paavo Hynninen Paavo Juho Hynninen was a former Finnish diplomat, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in two politically neutral cabinets led by Reino Kuuskoski and Rainer von Fieandt.... |
Technical minister |
1958 | Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen Johannes Virolainen was a Finnish politician.Virolainen was born near Viipuri. 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... |
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1958-1959 | Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm Karl-August Fagerholm was Speaker of Parliament and three times Prime Minister of Finland . Fagerholm became chairman of the Social Democrats after the armistice in the Continuation War... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1959-1961 | Ralf Törngren Ralf Törngren Ralf Johan Gustaf Törngren, , was a Finnish 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... |
Swedish People's Party |
1961-1962 | Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms... |
Agrarian League Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1962-1963 | Veli Merikoski Veli Merikoski Veli Kaarlo Merikoski was a professor in the University of Helsinki and once the Minister for Foreign Affairs representing People's Party.... |
People's Party People's Party of Finland (1951) The People's Party of Finland was a Finnish liberal political party founded on 3 February 1951 after the National Progressive Party was disbanded. In 1965 it merged with the Liberal League into the Liberal People's Party.... |
1963-1964 | Jaakko Hallama Jaakko Hallama Jaakko Eino Untamo Hallama was a former Finnish Foreign Ministry official, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the politically neutral cabinet of Reino Lehto.... |
Technical minister |
1964-1970 | Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1970-1971 | Väinö Leskinen Väinö Leskinen Väinö Olavi Leskinen was a Finnish politician, minister and a member of the parliament from Social Democratic Party of Finland... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1971-1972 | Olavi J. Mattila Olavi J. Mattila Olavi Johannes Mattila is a former Finnish Trade and Industry Ministry official, who hold several ministerial positions in a number of cabinets in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also the CEO of Valmet. He was considered as a close associate of Urho Kekkonen.He graduated as master of science in... |
Technical minister |
1972 | Kalevi Sorsa Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish 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... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1972-1975 | Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League and was Prime Minister of Finland for two terms... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1975 | Olavi J. Mattila Olavi J. Mattila Olavi Johannes Mattila is a former Finnish Trade and Industry Ministry official, who hold several ministerial positions in a number of cabinets in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also the CEO of Valmet. He was considered as a close associate of Urho Kekkonen.He graduated as master of science in... |
Technical minister |
1975-1976 | Kalevi Sorsa Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish 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... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1976-1977 | Keijo Korhonen Keijo Korhonen Keijo Korhonen is a Finnish 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.... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1977-1982 | Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party. Väyrynen has held several ministerial portfolios and is also a former Member of the European Parliament.-Career:... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1982-1983 | Pär Stenbäck | Swedish People's Party |
1983-1987 | Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party. Väyrynen has held several ministerial portfolios and is also a former Member of the European Parliament.-Career:... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1987-1989 | Kalevi Sorsa Kalevi Sorsa Taisto Kalevi Sorsa was a Finnish 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... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1989 - 1991 | Pertti Paasio Pertti Paasio Pertti Kullervo Paasio is a Finnish politician from the Social Democratic Party.Paasio participated in the municipal politics of Turku and was elected into the municipal council in 1965. Paasio became member of the Parliament in July 1975, however, he lost the seat in the 1979 parliamentary... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
1991 - 1993 | Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Väyrynen Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish veteran politician of the Centre Party. Väyrynen has held several ministerial portfolios and is also a former Member of the European Parliament.-Career:... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1993 - 1995 | Heikki Haavisto Heikki Haavisto Heikki Haavisto is a Finnish politician and lobbyist. He was the Finnish foreign minister in Esko Aho's cabinet between 1993 and 1995 representing Centre Party.... |
Centre Party Centre Party (Finland) The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament... |
1995 | Paavo Rantanen Paavo Rantanen Paavo Rantanen is a former Finnish Foreign Ministry official, who was briefly the Minister for Foreign Affairs.... |
Technical minister |
1995 - 2000 | Tarja Halonen Tarja Halonen Tarja Kaarina Halonen is the incumbent President of Finland. The first female to hold the office, Halonen had previously been a member of the parliament from 1979 to 2000 when she resigned after her election to the presidency... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
2000- 2007 | Erkki Tuomioja Erkki Tuomioja Erkki Sakari Tuomioja is the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is currently a member of the Finnish Parliament.Tuomioja is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although his political views are thought to be more to the left than the party line. He is also a member of ATTAC... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
2007- 2008 | Ilkka Kanerva Ilkka Kanerva Ilkka Armas Mikael Kanerva is a member of the Finnish Parliament. He was born in Lokalahti, now a part of Uusikaupunki in Finland Proper. 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... |
National Coalition Party |
2008- 2011 | Alexander Stubb Alexander Stubb Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008 to 22 June 2011... |
National Coalition Party |
2011- | Erkki Tuomioja Erkki Tuomioja Erkki Sakari Tuomioja is the Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is currently a member of the Finnish Parliament.Tuomioja is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland, although his political views are thought to be more to the left than the party line. He is also a member of ATTAC... |
Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party of Finland The Social Democratic Party of Finland is one of the three major political parties in Finland, along with the Centre Party and the National Coalition Party. Jutta Urpilainen is the current SDP leader. The party has been in the Finnish government cabinet for long periods and has set many... |
See also
- Antti TurunenAntti TurunenAntti Turunen is the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry's Eastern European and Central Asian department.-Visit to Uzbekistan:Turunen led a European Union fact-finding mission to Tashkent, Uzbekistan on August 29, 2006...
, head of the Foreign Ministry's Eastern European and Central Asian department