Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
Coat of arms of Finland
Incumbent Jutta Urpilainen since 22 June 2011
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 Jutta Urpilainen, Minister of Finance.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Finland

Name	Image	Term	Ministerial office	Party
Johannes Virolainen		1957	Minister of Education	Agrarian League
Nils Meinander		1957	Minister of Finance	Swedish People's Party
Esa Kaitila		1957	Minister of Trade and Industry	Liberal People's Party
Aarre Simonen		1957	Minister without Portfolio	Social Democratic Party
Johannes Virolainen		1957	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Agrarian League
Reino Oittinen		1957-1958	Minister of Education	Technical minister
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson		1958	Minister without Portfolio	Technical minister
Johannes Virolainen		1958	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Agrarian League
Onni Hiltunen		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		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		1964	Minister of Education	Technical minister
Ahti Karjalainen		1964-1966	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Agrarian League/Centre Party
Reino Oittinen		1966-1968	Minister of Education	Social Democratic Party
Johannes Virolainen		1968-1970	Minister of Education	Centre Party
Päiviö Hetemäki		1970	Minister of Finance	Technical minister
Veikko Helle		1970-1971	Minister of Labour	Social Democratic Party
Päiviö Hetemäki		1971-1972	Minister of Finance	Technical minister
Mauno Koivisto	File:Mauno Koivisto.png	1972	Governor of the Bank of Finland	Social Democratic Party
Ahti Karjalainen		1972-1975	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Centre Party
Olavi Mattila		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		1983-1987	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Centre Party
Kalevi Sorsa		1987-1989	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Social Democratic Party
Pertti Paasio		1989-1991	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Social Democratic Party
Ilkka Kanerva		1991	Minister of Labour	National Coalition Party
Pertti Salolainen		1991-1995	Minister for Foreign Trade	National Coalition Party
Sauli Niinistö		1995-2001	Minister of Finance	National Coalition Party
Ville Itälä		2001-2003	Minister of the Interior	National Coalition Party
Antti Kalliomäki		2003-2005	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party
Eero Heinäluoma		2005-2007	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party
Jyrki Katainen		2007-2011	Minister of Finance	National Coalition Party
Jutta Urpilainen		2011-incumbent	Minister of Finance	Social Democratic Party