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Government of Finland

  • Finnish: Valtioneuvosto
  • Swedish: Statsrådet

Governs Finland

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  • Executive power

    The Government, made up of the Prime Minister and the necessary number of ministers, exercises executive power and prepares the budget proposal (Constitution, sections 3, 60 and 83).

  • European Union matters

    The Government decides on Finland's positions in EU matters under Parliament's oversight (Constitution, section 93).

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  • finlex.fi · checked Finlex, Constitution of Finland (731/1999) English translation, as cited in the description: structure of presidency, government, parliament and courts. For: Government of Finland, Executive power, European Union matters
  • eduskunta.fi · checked Official Finnish and Swedish names of the institutions as used on eduskunta.fi, presidentti.fi, valtioneuvosto.fi, korkeinoikeus.fi, kho.fi, lagtinget.ax and regeringen.ax, read 2026-10-12 and Statistics Finland regional classification for the 19 region names. For: Government of Finland in Finnish, Government of Finland in Swedish
  • en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Orpo Cabinet, read 2026-10-12: ministers, portfolios and appointment dates incl. changes to 16 June 2026. Fallback: Wikipedia, because valtioneuvosto.fi returns HTTP 403 to automated fetches; cross-checked that all 19 ministers are sitting MPs in the Eduskunta open data. For: Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence and 35 more
  • avoindata.eduskunta.fi · checked Eduskunta open data MemberOfParliament (English XML, ValtioneuvostonJasenyydet), fetched 2026-10-12: official English title "Minister for Foreign Trade and Development" (Ville Tavio, Orpo government, from 20.06.2023). For: Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
  • avoindata.eduskunta.fi · checked Eduskunta open data MemberOfParliament (ValtioneuvostonJasenyydet, Hallitus=Orpo), fetched 2026-10-12: official record of current government membership, portfolio and start date; confirms the 19 ministers loaded from Wikipedia. For: Petteri Orpo as Prime Minister, Riikka Purra as Deputy Prime Minister, Riikka Purra as Minister of Finance, Elina Valtonen as Minister for Foreign Affairs, Antti Häkkänen as Minister of Defence and 14 more
  • avoindata.eduskunta.fi · checked Eduskunta open data MemberOfParliament (ValtioneuvostonJasenyydet), fetched 2026-10-12: Rantanen Minister of the Interior 20.06.2023-30.08.2024, then from 08.11.2024; start_date corrected to 2024-11-08. For: Mari Rantanen as Minister of the Interior
  • valtioneuvosto.fi · checked Finnish Government press release "Karoliina Partanen appointed as Minister of Social Security" (16 June 2026), seen via search 2026-10-12: President appointed Partanen and released Sanni Grahn-Laasonen the same day. For: Karoliina Partanen as Minister of Social Security

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