Deputy Prime Minister of Finland

The Deputy Prime Minister of Finland (Finnish: Suomen pääministerin sijainen, Swedish: Finlands statsministers ställföreträdare, lit. Finland's Prime Minister's Substitute), officially titled the Minister deputising for the Prime Minister, is a member of the Finnish Government who becomes the acting Prime Minister if the Prime Minister becomes unable to discharge their duties. The Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Government and traditionally comes from the second largest party of a coalition government. They have often been the Minister of Finance as well. The current Deputy Prime Minister of Finland is Riikka Purra.

Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
Suomen pääministerin sijainen
Insignia of the Prime Minister of Finland
Incumbent Riikka Purra since 20 June 2023
Appointer	Finnish Government
Inaugural holder	Johannes Virolainen
Formation	1957

List of deputy prime ministers of Finland

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party		Portfolio	Prime Minister
			Took office	Left office
1		Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	11 January 1957	27 May 1957		ML	Education		Fagerholm SDP (1956–1957)
2		Nils Meinander (1910–1985)	27 May 1957	2 July 1957		RKP	Finance		Sukselainen ML (1957)
3		Esa Kaitila (1909–1975)	2 July 1957	2 September 1957		KP	Trade and Industry
4		Aarre Simonen (1913–1977)	2 September 1957	31 October 1957		TPSL	Without portfolio
(1)		Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	31 October 1957	29 November 1957		ML	Foreign Affairs
5		Reino Oittinen (1912–1978)	29 November 1957	26 April 1958		Independent	Education		von Fieandt Independent (1957–1958)
6		Tyyne Leivo-Larsson (1902–1977)	26 April 1958	29 August 1958		Independent	Without portfolio		Kuuskoski Independent (1958)
(1)		Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	29 August 1958	4 December 1958		ML	Foreign Affairs		Fagerholm SDP (1958–1959)
7		Onni Hiltunen (1895–1971)	4 December 1958	13 January 1959		SDP	Trade and Industry
8		Ralf Törngren (1899–1961)	13 January 1959	16 May 1961		RKP	Foreign Affairs		Sukselainen ML (1959–1961)
9		Eemil Luukka (1892–1970)	19 May 1961	3 July 1961		ML	Interior
10		Kauno Kleemola (1906–1965)	3 July 1961	14 July 1961		ML	Transportation		Luukka ML (1961)
(9)		Eemil Luukka (1892–1970)	14 July 1961	13 April 1962		ML	Interior		Miettunen ML (1961–1962)
(1)		Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	13 April 1962	18 December 1963		ML	Agriculture		Karjalainen ML (1962–1963)
11		Aarne Nuorvala (1912–2013)	18 December 1963	8 June 1964		Independent	Prime Minister's Office		Lehto Independent (1963–1964)
(5)		Reino Oittinen (1912–1978)	12 June 1964	12 September 1964		Independent	Education
12		Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1990)	12 September 1964	27 May 1966		KESK	Foreign Affairs		Virolainen KESK (1964–1966)
(5)		Reino Oittinen (1912–1978)	27 May 1966	22 March 1968		SDP	Education		Paasio SDP (1966–1968)
(1)		Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	22 March 1968	14 May 1970		KESK	Education		Koivisto SDP (1968–1970)
13		Päiviö Hetemäki (1913–1980)	14 May 1970	15 July 1970		Independent	Finance		Aura Independent (1970)
14		Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	15 July 1970	29 October 1971		SDP	Labour		Karjalainen KESK (1970–1971)
(13)		Päiviö Hetemäki (1913–1980)	29 October 1971	23 February 1972		Independent	Finance		Aura Independent (1971–1972)
15		Mauno Koivisto (1923–2017)	23 February 1972	4 September 1972		SDP	Bank of Finland		Paasio SDP (1972)
(12)		Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1990)	4 September 1972	13 June 1975		KESK	Foreign Affairs		Sorsa SDP (1972–1975)
16		Olavi J. Mattila (1918–2013)	13 June 1975	30 November 1975		Independent	Foreign Affairs		Liinamaa Independent (1975)
17		Kalevi Sorsa (1930–2004)	30 November 1975	29 September 1976		SDP	Foreign Affairs		Miettunen KESK (1975–1977)
(12)		Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1990)	29 September 1976	15 May 1977		KESK	Prime Minister's Office
(1)		Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	15 May 1977	26 May 1979		KESK	Agriculture		Sorsa SDP (1977–1979)
18		Eino Uusitalo (1924–2015)	26 May 1979	19 February 1982		KESK	Interior		Koivisto SDP (1979–1982)
19		Ahti Pekkala (1924–2014)	19 February 1982	6 May 1983		KESK	Finance		Sorsa SDP (1982–1987)
20		Paavo Väyrynen (born 1946)	6 May 1983	30 April 1987		KESK	Foreign Affairs
(17)		Kalevi Sorsa (1930–2004)	30 April 1987	31 January 1989		SDP	Foreign Affairs		Holkeri KOK (1987–1991)
21		Pertti Paasio (1939–2020)	1 February 1989	26 April 1991		SDP	Foreign Affairs
22		Ilkka Kanerva (1948–2022)	26 April 1991	23 August 1991		KOK	Labour		Aho KESK (1991–1995)
23		Pertti Salolainen (born 1940)	23 August 1991	13 April 1995		KOK	Foreign Trade
24		Sauli Niinistö (born 1948)	13 April 1995	30 August 2001		KOK	Justice (1995–1996)		Lipponen SDP (1995–2003)
							Finance (1996–2001)
25		Ville Itälä (born 1959)	30 August 2001	17 April 2003		KOK	Interior
26		Antti Kalliomäki (born 1947)	17 April 2003	22 September 2005		SDP	Finance		Jäätteenmäki KESK (2003)
									Vanhanen KESK (2003–2010)
27		Eero Heinäluoma (born 1955)	23 September 2005	19 April 2007		SDP	Finance
28		Jyrki Katainen (born 1971)	19 April 2007	22 June 2011		KOK	Finance
									Kiviniemi KESK (2010–2011)
29		Jutta Urpilainen (born 1975)	22 June 2011	6 June 2014		SDP	Finance		Katainen KOK (2011–2014)
30		Antti Rinne (born 1962)	6 June 2014	29 May 2015		SDP	Finance
									Stubb KOK (2014–2015)
31		Timo Soini (born 1962)	29 May 2015	28 June 2017		Finns	Foreign Affairs		Sipilä KESK (2015–2019)
32		Petteri Orpo (born 1969)	28 June 2017	6 June 2019		KOK	Finance
33		Mika Lintilä (born 1966)	6 June 2019	12 September 2019		KESK	Finance		Rinne SDP (2019)
34		Katri Kulmuni (born 1987)	12 September 2019	9 June 2020		KESK	Economic Affairs (2019)
							Finance (2019–2020)		Marin SDP (2019–2023)
35		Matti Vanhanen (born 1955)	9 June 2020	10 September 2020		KESK	Finance
36		Annika Saarikko (born 1983)	10 September 2020	20 June 2023		KESK	Science and Culture (2020–2021)
							Finance (2021–2023)
37		Riikka Purra (born 1977)	20 June 2023	Incumbent		Finns	Finance		Orpo KOK (since 2023)