A List of the Shorters Ministerial Tenures in Finland Rank Name Party Days in office Dates Position Cabinet Reason of resignment References 1. Karl Lennart Oesch professional minister 12 days 3–14 March 1932 assistant minister of interior Sunila Cabinet mission accomplished 2. Vilhelm Junnila Finns Party 17 days 20 June –6 July 2023 minister of economic affairs Orpo Cabinet alleged neo-Nazi connections 3. Henrik Kullberg Swedish People's Party of Finland 18 days 17 Nov–4 Dec 1953 second minister of agriculture Tuomioja Cabinet death 4. Björn Westerlund Swedish People's Party of Finland 26 days 19 June–14 July 1961 minister of commerce and industry Sukselainen II Cabinet prime minister resigned 5. Elias Sopanen National Progressive Party 30 days 21 Dec 1923–18 Jan 1924 minister of justice Kallio I Cabinet cabinet overthrown 6. Samuli Sario Finnish Party 34 days 27 May–29 June 1918 minister without portfolio Paasikivi Senate became head of committee on social affairs … N/A Anders Hackzell civil servant 45 days 8 Aug–21 Sept 1944 prime minister Hackzell Cabinet paralyzed … N/A Keijo Liinamaa civil servant 56 days 26 May–15 July 1970 minister in the ministry of finances Aura I Cabinet replaced by a political cabinet … N/A Urho Castrén civil servant 58 days 21 Sept–17 Nov 1944 prime minister Urho Castrén Cabinet After Eero Wuori and K.-A. Fagerholm resigned the whole cabinet resigned Jukka Tarkka and Allan Tiitta: Itsenäinen Suomi: seitsemän vuosikymmentä kansakunnan elämästä (‘Seven decades of the life of the nation’), p. 168. Helsinki: Otava, 1987. … N/A Teuvo Aura civil servant 63 days 14 May –15 July 1970 prime minister Aura I Cabinet replaced by a political cabinet … N/A Anneli Jäätteenmäki Centre Party 69 days 17 Apr –24 June 2003 prime minister Jäätteenmäki Cabinet Iraq leak
Note: All ministers in the Hackzell Cabinet had as many days in office as the prime minister, as was the case with the Urho Castrén Cabinet and Aura I Cabinet. In the last mentioned, also Minister of Justice Keijo Liinamaa served as many days (63 days), but he also functioned as a minister in the ministry of finances during 26 May –15 July 1970, i.e. 56 days.
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