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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 (Birth-Death)	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1.		Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952)	27 July 1919	1 March 1925	National Progressive Party (ED)
			Chairman of Parliament 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 Parliament 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 Parliament 1907-1912, Regent (Interim Head of State) of Finland 1918; Prime Minister 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 Parliament 1920-1921, 1922, 1924–1925, 1929 and 1930–1936, Prime Minister 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 1939-1940 and during his Presidential term 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 1918-1919; elected President in 1944 by the Parliament; resigned in 1946
7.		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 Parliament 1948-1950, Prime Minister 1950-1953 and 1954–1956, elected President by electoral college in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1968 and 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 11 September 1981)	1 March 1994	Social Democratic Party (SDP)
			Prime Minister 1968–1970 and 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

See also

• Finnish presidential election, 2006
• List of Finnish rulers
• President of Finland
• Prime Minister of Finland
• Politics of Finland
• Parliament of Finland
• Government of Finland
• Council of State
• Elections in Finland
• Political parties in Finland
• Lists of incumbents

External links

• Official site
• The Constitution of Finland

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• Lists of presidents
• Presidents of Finland
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