National
Prime Minister
- Finnish: pääministeri
- Swedish: statsminister
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected by the Parliament of Finland
- Exact method
- Elected by Parliament in a vote on the nominee put forward by the parliamentary groups, then formally appointed by the President of the Republic (Constitution section 61).
- Chosen by
- Parliament of Finland
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Petteri Orpo KOK since June 2023
Report Source: avoindata.eduskunta.fi,
checked (+1 more)
Sources
- 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, Petteri Orpo, current term
- 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: Prime Minister in Finnish, Prime Minister in Swedish
- 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, current term
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