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The President of Finland is the Head of State of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the President and the government, with the President possessing extensive powers. The President is elected directly by the people 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 President Tarja Halonen.

List of Presidents of Finland

  National Progressive   Agrarian League/Centre   National Coalition   Independent   Social Democratic

# Image Name Born-died Took Office Left Office Party Notes
1. File:KJ-Stahlberg.gif Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg 1865-1952 27 July 1919 1 March 1925 National Progressive Party (ED) Chairman of the Parliament in 1914-1917, elected President by the Parliament in 1919
2. Lauri Kristian Relander 1883-1942 1 March 1925 1 March 1931 Agrarian League (ML) (later re-named Centre Party (KESK)) Chairman of the Parliament in 1919-1920, elected President by Electoral college in 1925
3. Pehr Evind Svinhufvud 1861-1944 1 March 1931 1 March 1937 National Coalition Party (KOK) Chairman of the Parliament in 1907-1912, Regent (Interim Head of State) of Finland in 1918; Prime Minister in 1917-1918 and 1930-1931, elected President by Electoral college in 1931
4. Kyösti Kallio 1873-1940 1 March 1937 19 December 1940 Agrarian League (ML) Chairman of the Parliament in 1920-1921, 1922, 1924-1925, 1929 and 1930-1936, Prime Minister in 1922-1924, 1925-1926, 1929-1930 and 1936-1937, elected President by Electoral college in 1937, resigned in 1940 because of poor health.
5. Risto Ryti 1889-1956 19 December 1940 (acting for Kallio from 27 November 1940) 4 August 1944 National Progressive Party (ED) Prime Minister in 1939-1940 and during his Presidential term in 1940-1941; elected President by Electoral college in 1940; re-elected in 1943; resigned in 1944
6. Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim 1867-1951 4 August 1944 8 March 1946 Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces / Non-Party Regent (Interim Head of State) of Finland in 1918-1919; elected President in 1944 by the Parliament; resigned in 1946
7. File:Paasikivi 1948.jpg Juho Kusti Paasikivi 1870-1956 8 March 1946 1 March 1956 National Coalition Party (KOK) Prime Minister in 1918 and 1944-1946; elected President by the Parliament in 1946 and re-elected by Electoral college in 1950
8. Urho Kekkonen 1900-1986 1 March 1956 27 January 1982 Agrarian League (ML) /Centre Party (KESK) Chairman of the Parliament in 1948-1950, Prime Minister in 1950-1953 and 1954-1956, elected President by Electoral college in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1968 and in 1978; resigned in 1981 owing to poor health, whereupon Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto became acting President.
9. Mauno Koivisto 1923- 27 January 1982 (acting for Kekkonen from September 11, 1981) 1 March 1994 Social Democratic Party (SDP) Prime Minister in 1968-1970 and in 1979-1982; elected President by Electoral college in 1982 and re-elected in 1988. First president born in independent Finland. Only veteran president who served in armed forces 1939-1945.
10. Martti Ahtisaari 1937- 1 March 1994 1 March 2000 Social Democratic Party (SDP) Elected directly as President in 1994
11. Tarja Halonen 1943- 1 March 2000 Present Social Democratic Party (SDP) Elected as the first female President of Finland in 2000; re-elected in 2006

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