List of cabinet ministers in Finland who have resigned from their office

This is a list of cabinet ministers in Finland who have resigned from their office. There are no Cabinet reshuffles or fall of cabinets in the list.

List Year of resignation Post Minister CabinetParty affiliation Reason Successor Party affiliation1918Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryKyösti Kallio Paasikivi IAgrarian Leagueresigned because of the government's royalist policyUuno Brander National Progressive PartyDeputy Minister of AgricultureE. Y. PehkonenSuccessor was not appointed1923Minister of DefenceBruno Jalander Kallio I Non-partisanspying scandalVilho Nenonen Non-partisan1933Minister of JusticeHugo MalmbergKivimäki Swedish People's Partywas appointed president of Vaasa Court of AppealEric J. SerlachiusSwedish People's Party1936Minister of JusticeEric J. SerlachiusSwedish People's Party left the government because of the controversial language of the University of Helsinki Emil JatkolaEdistyspuolueDeputy Minister of Finance Rolf WittingTyko ReinikkaAgrarian League1938Minister for Foreign AffairsRudolf HolstiCajander III National Progressive PartyCiticized Adolf Hitler at the League of Nations Assembly of the Foreign Ministers' MeetingVäinö VoionmaaSocial Democratic Party1939Deputy Minister of AgricultureOskari ReinikainenCajander III Social Democratic PartyWas appointed as Director of the Medical Board chief executive officer.Successor was not appointed 1941Minister of the InteriorErnst von BornRangellSwedish People's Partyobjected to the Karelian refugees resettlement in the Swedish-speaking regions Toivo Horelli National Coalition PartyMinister of People's ServiceVäinö Kotilainen Non-partisanWas appointed as East Karelia military administration commander Väinö ArolaAgrarian League1943Minister of Social Affairs Karl-August FagerholmLinkomiesSocial Democratic PartyCiticized German occupation in Norway Aleksi AaltonenSocial Democratic Party1945Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Pekka HeikkinenRyti IIAgrarian LeagueWas appointed as Governor of the Kuopio Province Viljami KalliokoskiAgrarian League Eero A. WuoriPaasikivi IIISocial Democratic PartyWas appointed as Finnish Ambassador to the United KingdomEino KilpiSocial Democratic PartyMinister of FinanceSakari TuomiojaKekkonen IIINational Progressive PartyWas appointed as Governor of Bank of FinlandRalf TörngrenSwedish People's Party1948Minister of the InteriorYrjö LeinoPekkalaPeople's Democratic Leaguea motion of censure of Parliament Eino KilpiPeople's Democratic LeagueDeputy Minister of Foreign AffairsReinhold SventoWas appointed as Finnish Ambassador to SwitzerlandAarre Simonen Social Democratic Party1949Deputy Minister of Transport and Public WorksErkki HärmäFagerholm ISocial Democratic PartyWas appointed as Governor of the Turku and Pori ProvinceUuno TakkiMinister of Social AffairsValdemar Liljeströmpersonal reasons; traveled on the train under heave influence of alcohol beveriges Tyyne Leivo-Larsson1950Deputy Minister of InteriorLauri RiikonenKekkonen IAgrarian LeagueWas appointed as Governor of the Kuopio ProvinceJohannes VirolainenAgrarian League 1953Deputy Minister of AgricultureMatti LepistöKekkonen IIISocial Democratic Party because of political scandalTaavi VilhulaMinister of Transport and Public WorksOnni PeltonenEemil HuunonenSocial Democratic Party1957Minister of FinanceNils MeinanderSukselainen I Swedish People's PartySwedish People's Party left the government because of the state financial crisisEsa KaitilaPeople's PartyDeputy of Minister of Agriculture Bertel LindhMatti LepistöSos. Dem. OppositionDeputy Minister of Transport and Public WorksTorsten NordströmKustaa TiituAgrarian League1958Ministry of Agriculture and ForestryMartti MiettunenFagerholm IIIAgrarian LeagueWas appointed as Governor of the Lapland ProvinceUrho Kähönen Agrarian LeagueMinister for Foreign AffairsJohannes Virolainen International crises between Soviet Union and FinlandKarl-August FagerholmSocial Democratic Party1960Minister of the InteriorEino PalovesiSukselainen IWas appointed as Governor of the Central Finland ProvinceEemil LuukkaAgrarian League1961Minister of JusticeAntti HannikainenSukselainen IIwas appointed Chancellor of JusticePauli Lehtosalo1963Minister of the InteriorEeli ErkkiläKarjalainen Ihealth reasons Niilo RyhtäDeputy Minister of FinanceOnni Koski Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders