The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland (, , Finland's Prime Minister's Substitute), officially titled the Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, is a member of the Finnish Government who becomes the acting Prime Minister if the Prime Minister becomes unable to discharge their duties. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Government and traditionally comes from the second largest party of a coalition government. They have often been the Minister of Finance as well. The current Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is Riikka Purra.
List of deputy prime ministers of Finland No. Portrait Name Term of office Party PortfolioPrime Minister 1 Johannes Virolainen 1957 1957 ML Education Fagerholm2Nils Meinander19571957RKPFinanceSukselainen3Esa Kaitila19571957KPTrade and Industry4Aarre Simonen19571957TPSLWithout portfolio(1)Johannes Virolainen19571957MLForeign Affairs5Reino Oittinen19571958IndependentEducationvon Fieandt6Tyyne Leivo-Larsson19581958IndependentWithout portfolioKuuskoski(1)Johannes Virolainen19581958MLForeign AffairsFagerholm7Onni Hiltunen19581959SDPTrade and Industry8Ralf Törngren19591961RKPForeign AffairsSukselainen9Eemil Luukka19611961MLInterior10Kauno Kleemola19611961MLTransportationLuukka(9)Eemil Luukka19611962MLInteriorMiettunen(1)Johannes Virolainen19621963MLAgricultureKarjalainen11Aarne Nuorvala19631964IndependentPrime Minister's OfficeLehto(5)Reino Oittinen19641964IndependentEducation12Ahti Karjalainen19641966KESKForeign AffairsVirolainen(5)Reino Oittinen19661968SDPEducationPaasio(1)Johannes Virolainen19681970KESKEducationKoivisto13Päiviö Hetemäki19701970IndependentFinanceAura14Veikko Helle19701971SDPLabourKarjalainen(13)Päiviö Hetemäki19711972IndependentFinanceAura15Mauno Koivisto19721972SDPBank of FinlandPaasio(12)Ahti Karjalainen19721975KESKForeign AffairsSorsa16Olavi J. Mattila19751975IndependentForeign AffairsLiinamaa17Kalevi Sorsa19751976SDPForeign AffairsMiettunen(12)Ahti Karjalainen19761977KESKPrime Minister's Office(1)Johannes Virolainen19771979KESKAgricultureSorsa18Eino Uusitalo19791982KESKInteriorKoivisto19Ahti Pekkala19821983KESKFinanceSorsa20Paavo Väyrynen19831987KESKForeign Affairs(17)Kalevi Sorsa19871989SDPForeign AffairsHolkeri21Pertti Paasio19891991SDPForeign Affairs22Ilkka Kanerva19911991KOKLabourAho23Pertti Salolainen19911995KOKForeign Trade24Sauli Niinistö19952001KOKJusticeLipponenFinance25Ville Itälä20012003KOKInterior26Antti Kalliomäki20032005SDPFinanceJäätteenmäkiVanhanen27Eero Heinäluoma20052007SDPFinance28Jyrki Katainen20072011KOKFinanceKiviniemi29Jutta Urpilainen20112014SDPFinanceKatainen30Antti Rinne20142015SDPFinanceStubb31Timo Soini20152017FinnsForeign AffairsSipilä32Petteri Orpo20172019KOKFinance33Mika Lintilä20192019KESKFinanceRinne34Katri Kulmuni20192020KESKEconomic AffairsFinanceMarin35Matti Vanhanen20202020KESKFinance36Annika Saarikko20202023KESKScience and CultureFinance37Riikka Purra2023IncumbentFinnsFinanceOrpo
References
fi:Suomen pääministeri#Pääministerin sijainen