Prime Minister of Finland facts for kids

Quick facts for kidsPrime Minister of the Republic of Finland; Suomen pääministeri; Statsminister Republiken Finland
	Logo of the Prime Minister
	Incumbent; Sanna Marin; since 10 December 2019
Member of	Cabinet; European Council
Residence	Kesäranta
Appointer	The President of the Republic
Term length	No fixed term Duration of parliamentary convocation, coalition or upon resignation and removal
Formation	27 November 1917
First holder	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud

The Prime Minister (Finnish: pääministeri, translated as Head Minister, Swedish: statsminister, literally translated as Minister of State) is the Head of Government of Finland. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President, who is the Head of State.

The current Prime Minister is Sanna Marin of the Social Democratic Party since 10 December 2019.

Living former Prime Ministers

Esko Aho
(1954-05-20) 20 May 1954 (age 67), served 1991–1995
Paavo Lipponen
(1941-04-23) 23 April 1941 (age 80), served 1995–2003
Anneli Jäätteenmäki
(1955-02-11) 11 February 1955 (age 66), served 2003
Matti Vanhanen
(1955-11-04) 4 November 1955 (age 66), served 2003–2010
Mari Kiviniemi
(1968-09-27) 27 September 1968 (age 53), served 2010–2011
Jyrki Katainen
(1971-10-14) 14 October 1971 (age 50), served 2011–2014
Alexander Stubb
(1968-04-01) 1 April 1968 (age 53), served 2014–2015
Juha Sipilä
(1961-04-25) 25 April 1961 (age 60), served 2015–2019
Antti Rinne
(1962-11-03) 3 November 1962 (age 59), served 2019