What number of president is a Finnish politician in office since 2012 and was elected directly by the people of Finland for a term of six years ?
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President of Finland The President of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: "Suomen tasavallan presidentti" , Swedish: "Republiken Finlands president" ) is the nation's head of state. Under the Finnish constitution, executive power is vested in the president and the cabinet, with the president possessing only residual powers. The president is elected directly by the people of Finland for a term of six years. Since 1991, no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The president must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The office was established by the Constitution Act of 1919. The current office-holder is Sauli Niinistö.
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Sauli Niinistö Sauli Väinämö Niinistö (] , born 24 August 1948) is a Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland, in office since 2012.
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (] ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. Mannerheim served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War, Regent of Finland (1918–1919), commander-in-chief of Finland's defence forces during World War II, Marshal of Finland, and the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946).
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Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%.
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Czech presidential election, 2013 The first direct presidential election in the Czech Republic was held on 11–12 January 2013. No candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round, so a second round runoff election was held on 25–26 January. Nine individuals secured enough popular signatures or support of parliamentarians to become official candidates for the office. Miloš Zeman (SPOZ) and Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09) qualified for the second round of the election.
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Russia under Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin has served three terms as President of Russia: 2000 to 2004, 2004 to 2008, 2012 to present. He was acting president from 1999–2000, succeeding Boris Yeltsin after Yeltsin's early retirement. Putin was prime minister for three months in 1999, and served a full term from 2008 to 2012.
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Jyri Häkämies Jyri Jukka Häkämies (born 30 August 1961) is a Finnish politician and the CEO of Confederation of Finnish Industries. He was Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs between 2011-2012, and a representative of the National Coalition Party, and the minister responsible for supervision of government enterprises with the exception of Patria, which is supervised by Jan Vapaavuori. He is also a member of the government's finance committee, a board member at YLE, the governmental supervisory board, Kotka city council and the Kymenlaakso regional board, where he is the chairman.
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Elections in Nauru Nauru elects on a national level a head of state (the president) and a legislature. Parliament has 19 members (increased from 18 for the 2013 election), elected for a three-year term in multi-seat constituencies. The president is elected for a three-year term by the parliament.
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Alexander Stubb Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician who served as the Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015. He rose to politics as a researcher specialized in the affairs of the European Union and was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 as a member of the National Coalition Party. In 2008, Stubb was appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs following a scandal surrounding his predecessor, Ilkka Kanerva. In 2011 Stubb stood for election to the Finnish Parliament for the first time and was elected MP with the second highest vote count in the election, which led to Stubb becoming the Minister for Europe and Foreign Trade in Jyrki Katainen's cabinet.
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Finnish municipal elections, 2012 Finnish municipal election, 2012 was held in Finland on 28 October with advance voting between 17 and 23 October 2012. 9,674 municipal council seats were open for election in 304 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 700 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities. The term of the elected councillors will begin on 1 January 2013.
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Ahti Karjalainen Ahti Kalle Samuli Karjalainen (10 February 1923 – 7 September 1990) was a Finnish politician. He was a member of the Agrarian League (later known as Keskusta, Centre Party) and served two terms as Prime Minister of Finland. He is, however, better known for his period as Foreign Minister of Finland. Karjalainen is considered one of the most influential figures in post-war Finnish politics. Like President Urho Kekkonen, Karjalainen attached great importance to Finland's relationship with the Soviet Union.
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Ville Itälä Ville Heimo Antero Itälä (born 10 May 1959 in Luumäki) is a Finnish politician. He was elected member of the Finnish Parliament (Eduskunta) from the district of Southwest Finland in 1995. Itälä served as the Minister of Interior under Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen in 2000–2003. He was elected chairman of the National Coalition Party (Kokoomus) in 2001. Following his resignation as party leader in 2004, he was succeeded by Jyrki Katainen. Itälä was a Member of the European Parliament from 2004 until 29 February 2012.
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Finnish municipal elections, 2008 Finnish municipal election, 2008 was held in Finland on 26 October with advance voting between 15 and 21 October 2008. 10,412 municipal council seats were open for election in 332 municipalities. The number of councillors decreased by over 1,554 compared to the previous election due to the merging of several municipalities.
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List of members of the Riksdag, 1991–94 This is a list of Members of the Riksdag, the national parliament of Sweden. The Riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 Members of Parliament (Swedish: "riksdagsledamöter" ), who at the time were elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of three years. In the Riksdag, Members are seated per constituency and not party. The following MPs were elected in the Swedish general election, 1991 and served until the Swedish general election, 1994. Members of the social democratic Cabinet of Göran Persson, the ruling party during this term, are marked in bold, party leaders of the seven parties represented in the Riksdag in italic.
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Chief of Defence (Finland) The Chief of Defence (Finnish: "puolustusvoimain komentaja; lit. Commander of the Defence Forces" , Swedish: "kommendören för försvarsmakten" ) is the Chief of Defence and commander of the Finnish Defence Forces, under the authority of the President of Finland.
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Kyösti Karjula Kyösti Juhani Karjula (born May 8, 1952 in Oulu) is a politician and former member of the Finnish Parliament from Lumijoki, representing the Centre Party. He was first elected to parliament in 1995.
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Finnish parliamentary election, 2007 Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 18 March 2007. Early voting was possible from the 7–13 March. The 200 members of the Eduskunta were elected from 15 constituencies.
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Heli Järvinen Heli Järvinen (born May 31, 1963 in Tampere) is a Finnish politician for the Green League, representing the South Savo constituency from 2007 to 2011 and the Southeastern Finland constituency since 2015. She was elected to the Finnish Parliament in the parliamentary election of March 2007. She is also a member of the municipal council of Kerimäki. She lost her seat in Parliament in 2011 elections but was again elected in 2015.
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Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 The 2015 Finnish parliamentary election was held on 19 April 2015, with advance voting from 8 to 14 April. The 200 members of the Finnish Parliament were elected with the proportional D'Hondt method.
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Annika Saarikko Annika Virpi Irene Saarikko (born November 10, 1983 in Oripää, Finland) is a Finnish politician and minister. She is the vice chairman of the Finnish Centre Party ("Keskusta").
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Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland) The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland (in Finnish, "ulkoasiainministeri", in Swedish "utrikesminister") handles Finland's foreign policy and relations. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Timo Soini.
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Foreign relations of Finland The foreign relations of Finland are the responsibility of the President of Finland, who leads foreign policy in cooperation with the government. Implicitly the government is responsible for internal policy and decision making in the European Union. Within the government, preparative discussions are conducted in the government committee of foreign and security policy ("ulko- ja turvallisuuspoliittinen ministerivaliokunta"), which includes the Prime Minister and at least the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence, and at most four other ministers as necessary. The committee meets with the President as necessary. Laws concerning foreign relations are discussed in the parliamentary committee of foreign relations ("ulkoasiainvaliokunta, utrikesutskottet"). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the foreign policy.