Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate

Svinhufvud's first senate in 1917; Chairman P. E. Svinhufvud himself in the head of table.

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate was the first Senate and de facto Government of independent Finland. Its term spanned November 27, 1917 – May 27, 1918.[1]

It sat in Vaasa during the Finnish Civil War from January 29 to May 3, 1918 and was known as the Vaasa Senate during that time.

  1. ^ "Governments and Ministers since 1917". Finnish Government. Retrieved 2018-01-14.