List of presidents of Finland
This article is a list of presidents of Finland.
List of presidents
National Progressive Party
National Coalition Party/National Coalition
| №. | Portrait | President
(birth year – |
Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party
(until election) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg
(1865–1952) |
1919 | 26 July 1919 | 2 March 1925 | National Progressive Party | |
| 2. | Lauri Kristian Relander
(1883–1942) |
1925 | 2 March 1925 | 2 March 1931 | Agrarian League | |
| 3. | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
(1861–1944) |
1931 | 2 March 1931 | 1 March 1937 | National Coalition Party | |
| 4. | Kyösti Kallio
(1873–1940) |
1937 | 1 March 1937 | 19 December 1940
(died) |
Agrarian League | |
| 5. | Risto Ryti
(1889–1956) |
1940
1943 |
19 December 1940 | 4 August 1944
(resigned) |
National Progressive Party | |
| 6. | Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
(1867–1951) |
1944 | 4 August 1944 | 11 March 1946
(resigned) |
independent | |
| 7. | Juho Kusti Paasikivi
(1870–1956) |
1946
1950 |
11 March 1946 | 1 March 1956 | National Coalition Party | |
| 8. | Urho Kekkonen
(1900–1986) |
1956
1962 1968 1978 |
1 March 1956 | 27 January 1982
(resigned) |
Agrarian League | |
| 9. | Mauno Koivisto
(1923–2017) |
1982
1988 |
27 January 1982 | 1 March 1994 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 10. | Martti Ahtisaari
(1937–2023) |
1994 | 1 March 1994 | 1 March 2000 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 11. | Tarja Halonen
(b. 1943) |
2000
2006 |
1 March 2000 | 1 March 2012 | Social Democratic Party of Finland | |
| 12. | Sauli Niinistö
(b. 1948) |
2012
2018 |
1 March 2012 | 1 March 2024 | National Coalition | |
| 13. | Alexander Stubb
(b. 1968) |
2024 | 1 March 2024 | Incumbent | National Coalition |
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