List of presidents of Finland

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This article is a list of presidents of Finland.

List of presidents

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№. Portrait President

(birth year –
death 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 [fi] 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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