Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

Deputy Prime Minister of Finland Suomen pääministerin sijainen
Coat of arms of Finland
Incumbent Timo Soini since 29 May 2015
Appointer	Finnish Government
Inaugural holder	Johannes Virolainen
Formation	1957

The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is a member of the Government who becomes the acting Prime Minister when the actual Prime Minister is temporarily unable to discharge his or her duties. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Government and traditionally comes from the second largest party of a coalition government. In recent years he/she has usually been Minister of Finance as well. The current Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is Timo Soini, Minister for Foreign Affairs.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Finland

Name	Image	Term	Ministerial office	Party
Johannes Virolainen		1957	Minister of Education	Agrarian League
Nils Meinander	60px	1957	Minister of Finance	Swedish People's Party
Esa Kaitila		1957	Minister of Trade and Industry	Liberal People's Party
Aarre Simonen	60px	1957	Minister without Portfolio	Social Democratic Party
Johannes Virolainen		1957	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Agrarian League
Reino Oittinen	60px	1957–1958	Minister of Education	Technical minister
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson	60px	1958	Minister without Portfolio	Technical minister
Johannes Virolainen		1958	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Agrarian League
Onni Hiltunen	60px	1958–1959	Minister of Trade and Industry	Social Democratic Party
Ralf Törngren		1959–1961	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Swedish People's Party
Eemil Luukka		1961	Minister of the Interior	Agrarian League
Kauno Kleemola	60px	1961	Minister of Transportation	Agrarian League
Eemil Luukka		1961–1962	Minister of the Interior	Agrarian League
Johannes Virolainen		1962–1963	Minister of Agriculture	Agrarian League
Aarne Nuorvala		1963–1964	Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office	Technical minister
Reino Oittinen	60px	1964	Minister of Education	Technical minister
Ahti Karjalainen		1964–1966	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Agrarian League/Centre Party
Reino Oittinen	60px	1966–1968	Minister of Education	Social Democratic Party
Johannes Virolainen		1968–1970	Minister of Education	Centre Party
Päiviö Hetemäki	60px	1970	Minister of Finance	Technical minister
Veikko Helle	60px	1970–1971	Minister of Labour	Social Democratic Party
Päiviö Hetemäki	60px	1971–1972	Minister of Finance	Technical minister
Mauno Koivisto		1972	Governor of the Bank of Finland	Social Democratic Party
Ahti Karjalainen		1972–1975	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Centre Party
Olavi Mattila	60px	1975	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Technical minister
Kalevi Sorsa		1975–1976	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Social Democratic Party
Ahti Karjalainen		1976–1977	Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office	Centre Party
Johannes Virolainen		1977–1979	Minister of Agriculture	Centre Party
Eino Uusitalo		1979–1982	Minister of the Interior	Centre Party
Ahti Pekkala		1982–1983	Minister of Finance	Centre Party
Paavo Väyrynen	60px	1983–1987	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Centre Party
Kalevi Sorsa		1987–1989	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Social Democratic Party
Pertti Paasio	60px	1989–1991	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Social Democratic Party
Ilkka Kanerva	60px	1991	Minister of Labour	National Coalition Party
Pertti Salolainen	60px	1991–1995	Minister for Foreign Trade	National Coalition Party
Sauli Niinistö		1995–2001	Minister of Finance	National Coalition Party
Ville Itälä	60px	2001–2003	Minister of the Interior	National Coalition Party
Antti Kalliomäki		2003–2005	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party
Eero Heinäluoma	60px	2005–2007	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party
Jyrki Katainen		2007–2011	Minister of Finance	National Coalition Party
Jutta Urpilainen	60px	2011–2014	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party
Antti Rinne		2014–2015	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party
Timo Soini		2015—incumbent	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Finns Party