National
Minister of the Interior
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the President of the Republic
- Exact method
- Appointed by the President of the Republic on the proposal of the Prime Minister (Constitution section 61).
- Chosen by
- President of the Republic
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Mari Rantanen PS since November 2024
Report Source: avoindata.eduskunta.fi,
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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: Minister of the Interior, Mari Rantanen, current term
- 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, current term