Prime Minister of Finland

Prime Minister of Finland
Suomen pääministeri (Finnish)
Finlands statsminister (Swedish)
Logo used by the Prime Minister’s Office
Incumbent
Petteri Orpo
since 20 June 2023
Executive branch of the Finnish Government
Prime Minister's Office
Style
TypeHead of government
Member of
ResidenceKesäranta
AppointerPresident
Term lengthFour years, renewable
PrecursorVice-Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate of Finland
Formation27 November 1917; 106 years ago (1917-11-27)
First holderPehr Evind Svinhufvud
Salary202,350 annually[1][2]
Websitevaltioneuvosto.fi/en/ministers/-/min/orpo/prime-minister

The prime minister of Finland (Finnish: Suomen pääministeri; Swedish: Finlands statsminister) is the leader of the Finnish Government. The prime minister and their cabinet exercise executive authority in the state. The prime minister is formally ranked third in the protocol after the president of Finland and the speaker of the Parliament but is in practice the most powerful officeholder.[3] Finland's first prime minister, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (also later the 3rd president of Finland), was appointed on 27 November 1917, just a few days before the country declared its independence.

The incumbent prime minister is Petteri Orpo of the National Coalition Party. Orpo was sworn in on 20 June 2023.

  1. ^ "Ministerial pay and allowances". Valtioneuvosto. Archived from the original on 20 August 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Sanna Marin tienasi ennätykselliset pääministeritulot – tässä syy". IL. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ Maassa maan tavalla - tunne säännöt ja onnistu. Ulkoasiainministeriön protokollapalvelut (in Finnish). Ulkoasiainministeriö. 2008. p. 32. ISBN 978-952-281-173-8.