National
President of the Republic
- Finnish: tasavallan presidentti
- Swedish: republikens president
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- Elected by direct popular vote for a six-year term; a second round is held between the two leading candidates if no one wins a majority in the first (Constitution of Finland, section 54). A person may serve at most two consecutive terms.
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Alexander Stubb KOK since March 2024
Report Source: en.wikipedia.org,
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Next vote
Sources
- finlex.fi · checked Finlex, Constitution of Finland (731/1999) English translation, as cited in the description: structure of presidency, government, parliament and courts. For: President of the Republic
- 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: President of the Republic in Finnish, President of the Republic in Swedish
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Alexander Stubb, read 2026-10-12: President of Finland since 1 March 2024; six-year term; next election January 2030. Fallback: Wikipedia, because presidentti.fi was not fetched. For: Alexander Stubb, current term
- finlex.fi · checked Finlex, Constitution of Finland 731/1999 s.55 and Election Act 714/1998, read 2026-10-12: 2030-01-27 follows from the statutory rule but has not been proclaimed and a vacancy would trigger an earlier election; date_confirmed set to false per world conventions s.7. For: General election, January 27, 2030
- finlex.fi · checked Finlex, Vaalilaki 714/1998 (consolidated), read 2026-10-12: "Eduskuntavaalien vaalipäivä on huhtikuun kolmas sunnuntai" (2027-04-18); presidential first round "tammikuun neljäs sunnuntai kuudentena vuotena" after the President took office (2030-01-27). For: General election, January 27, 2030
- vaalit.fi · checked Ministry of Justice election site vaalit.fi, general rule read 2026-10-12 (parliamentary election on the third Sunday of April, presidential on the last Sunday of January) per Constitution sections 26, 27 and 54; 2027-04-18 and 2030-01-27 computed from that rule, not stated on a fetched page. For: General election, January 27, 2030