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Sanna Marin
Prime Minister of Finland-designate
Assuming office
10 December 2019
PresidentSauli Niinistö
SucceedingAntti Rinne
Minister of Transport and Communications
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 June 2019
Prime MinisterAntti Rinne
Preceded byAnu Vehviläinen
Personal details
Born
Sanna Mirella Marin

(1985-11-16) 16 November 1985 (age 39)
Helsinki, Finland
Political partySocial Democratic Party
SpouseMarkus Räikkönen
Children1
EducationUniversity of Tampere

Sanna Mirella Marin (born 16 November 1985) is a Finnish politician and the current Prime Minister of Finland. A Social Democrat, she has been member of the Parliament of Finland since 2015 and the Minister of Transport and Communications between 6 June 2019 and 10 December 2019.[1]

After Antti Rinne left his position as prime minister, the Social Democratic Party of Finland selected Marin as its candidate for new prime minister on 8 December 2019.[2][3] If confirmed at the age of 34, Marin will become the world's youngest currently-serving prime minister, Finland's youngest-ever prime minister and Finland's third female prime minister.[4][5][6]

Early life

Marin was born in Helsinki and lived in Espoo and Pirkkala before moving to Tampere.[7]

Career

Marin graduated from the Pirkkala High School in 2004 at the age of 19.[8] She graduated from the University of Tampere with a Master of Administrative Sciences in 2007.[1] She entered politics at the age of 27.[8][9]

She served as the first Vice President of the Social Democratic Youth from 2010 to 2012.[10] She was named as one of the candidates of the party in 2012 but was not elected.[11][9]

In 2012, she was elected to the City Council of Tampere at the age of 27.[4][12] She was the chairperson of the City Council from 2013 to 2017. In 2017, she was re-elected to the City Council.[13] She is also a member of the Assembly of the Council of Tampere Region.[1] She was also a member of the Pirkanmaa Regional Council from 2013 to 2016.

Marin was elected second deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party in 2014.[1] In 2015 at the age of 30, she was elected to the Parliament of Finland as a MP from the electoral district of Pirkanmaa.[14][15] Four years later, she was re-elected.[16] On 6 June 2019, she became the Minister of Transport and Communications.[1]

In December 2019, she was nominated by the Social Democratic Party to succeed Antti Rinne as the Prime Minister of Finland. Rinne was widely criticised over the way he handled a postal strike, but will remain the formal leader of the party at least until a convention in June 2020.[17][18] She was narrowly preferred over her rival Antti Lindtman in a vote to decide the majority. It is reported that Sanna Marin will head the government formed by a five party coalition in which 12 out of 18 ministers in the cabinet will be women.[19][20]

Personal life

Marin describes herself as coming from a rainbow family as she is the child of same-sex parents.[21][22] She was also the only child in her family and was the first person in her family to attend university.[23] In January 2018, she had a child with her long-time partner Markus Räikkönen.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Sanna Marin Parliament of Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. ^ SDP on valinnut: Sanna Marinista tulee Suomen seuraava pääministeri – suora lähetys menossa, Yle seuraa hetki hetkeltä Yle 8.12.2019
  3. ^ Finland's Social Democrats name Marin to be youngest ever prime minister Reuters 8.12.2019
  4. ^ a b "Finland anoints Sanna Marin, 34, as world's youngest-serving prime minister". The Guardian. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Finland: Sanna Marin to become world's youngest PM at 34". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  6. ^ Lemola, Johanna; Specia, Megan (9 December 2019). "Sanna Marin of Finland to Become World's Youngest Prime Minister". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ Kuka Sanna? Sanna Marin's website. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b Esfandiari, Sahar. "The rapid rise of Sanna Marin, the 34-year-old Finnish woman set to become the youngest serving world leader". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ a b Greenall, Robert (9 December 2019). "Sanna Marin: The rising star set to lead Finland's 5.5 million". BBC News. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Ansioluettelo | Sanna Marin". www.sannamarin.net. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  11. ^ "Joona Räsänen Demarinuorten puheenjohtajaksi". archive.is. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. ^ Candidates elected Tampere Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  13. ^ "Elected". vaalit.fi. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  14. ^ Candidates elected Ministry of Justice of Finland. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  15. ^ "Sanna Marin". www.eduskunta.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Valitut". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Social Democrats selects Marin as its candidate to succeed Rinne". www.helsinkitimes.fi. Retrieved 9 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Lemola, Johanna; Specia, Megan (9 December 2019). "Sanna Marin of Finland to Become World's Youngest Prime Minister". The New York Times.
  19. ^ December 9, Bloomberg News Updated:; 2019 (9 December 2019). "'I've proven my abilities': Finland's Sanna Marin becomes the world's youngest prime minister | Ottawa Citizen". Retrieved 9 December 2019. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ^ Manzanaro, Sofia Sanchez (9 December 2019). "Finland's Sanna Marin becomes the world's youngest Prime Minister". euronews. Retrieved 9 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ^ "Finnish minister, 34, to be world's youngest PM". BBC News. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  22. ^ "Uusi valtuuston puheenjohtaja jakoi nuorena Tamperelaista" (in Finnish). Tamperelainen. 26 September 2013.
  23. ^ Waterfield, Bruno (10 December 2019). "Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin is world's youngest leader at 34". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  24. ^ Matson-Mäkelä, Kirsi (31 January 2019). "Kansanedustaja Sanna Marinille syntyi vauva". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  25. ^ "Finnish prime minister will be world's youngest". The Mercury News. CNN.com Wire Service. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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Political offices
Preceded by Minister of Transport and Communications
2019 		TBD
Preceded by Prime Minister of Finland
Taking office 2019 		Designate
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