Petteri Orpo | |
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.jpg) Official portrait, 2023 | |
| 47th Prime Minister of Finland | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2023 | |
| President | Sauli Niinistö Alexander Stubb |
| Deputy | Riikka Purra |
| Preceded by | Sanna Marin |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 12 April 2023 – 20 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Matti Vanhanen |
| Succeeded by | Jussi Halla-aho |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Finland | |
| In office 28 June 2017 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Timo Soini |
| Succeeded by | Mika Lintilä |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 22 June 2016 – 6 June 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Alexander Stubb |
| Succeeded by | Mika Lintilä |
| Leader of the National Coalition Party | |
| Assumed office 11 June 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Stubb |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 29 May 2015 – 22 June 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Juha Sipilä |
| Preceded by | Päivi Räsänen |
| Succeeded by | Paula Risikko |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | |
| In office 24 June 2014 – 29 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Stubb |
| Preceded by | Jari Koskinen |
| Succeeded by | Kimmo Tiilikainen |
| Member of the Finnish Parliament for Finland Proper | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Antti Petteri Orpo 3 November 1969 Köyliö, Satakunta, Finland |
| Political party | NCP |
| Spouse | Niina Kanniainen-Orpo |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Turku (MA) |
Antti Petteri Orpo (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑntːi ˈpetːeri ˈorpo]; born 3 November 1969)[1] is a Finnish politician currently serving as the prime minister of Finland since 2023 and as the leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016.[2] He briefly served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland after the 2023 parliamentary election.
He served as Deputy Prime Minister of Finland from 2017 to 2019, Minister of Finance from 2016 to 2019, Minister of the Interior from 2015 to 2016 and Minister of Agriculture and Forestry from 2014 to 2015.[3][4] On 2 April 2023, Orpo's National Coalition Party won the 2023 parliamentary election with a plurality of 20.8% of the vote and 48 seats. Orpo garnered over 17,000 votes in his district.
- ^ "Ministerin tiedot: Orpo, Antti Petteri" (in Finnish). Finnish Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Finland's parliament backs Petteri Orpo as PM, replacing Sanna Marin". Reuters. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
- ^ "Räty, Orpo and Toivakka take over ministerial portfolios". Helsinki Times. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ "Sipilä's Government appointed". Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.