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President of Finland

head of state of Finland

14 dated entries naming President of Finland, drawn from 13 separate years between 1873 CE and 2024 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1873April 10 – Kyösti Kallio, Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1940)source
  • 1873September 8 – Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (b. 1832)source
  • 1889February 3 – Risto Ryti, Prime Minister and President of Finland (d. 1956)source
  • 1900September 3 – Urho Kekkonen, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986)source

20th century

  • 1908June 26 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, a future President of Finland, meets the 13th Dalai Lama in Shanxi, China, becoming only the third European to be granted an audience with him.source
  • 1930October 14 – Ståhlberg kidnapping: The former and first President of Finland, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, and his wife, Ester Ståhlberg, are kidnapped from their home by members of the far-right Lapua Movement but released unharmed.source
  • 1937June 23 – Martti Ahtisaari, 10th President of Finland, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2023)source
  • 1940December 19 – Kyösti Kallio, Finnish farmerman, banker, 8th Prime Minister of Finland and 4th President of Finland (b. 1873)source
  • 1944The Finnish Parliament, by derogation, elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as President of Finland to replace Risto Ryti, who has resigned.source
  • 1981October 26 – Urho Kekkonen, the 8th President of Finland, resigns after being the longest-serving Finnish president since 1956.source
  • 1982January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.source

21st century

  • 2012March 1 – Sauli Niinistö is inaugurated as the 12th President of Finland.source
  • 2018January 28 – 2018 Finnish presidential election: Incumbent president Sauli Niinistö is reelected on the first round of voting.source
  • 2024February 11 – 2024 Finnish presidential election: In the closest presidential election in Finnish history, Alexander Stubb is elected president in the second round.source

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