Karjalainen II cabinet

Ahti Karjalainen's second cabinet was the 53rd government of Finland. The cabinet existed from 15 July 1970 to 29 October 1971. It was a majority coalition government formed by the Social Democratic Party of Finland, the Agrarian League, the Finnish People's Democratic League, the Liberals, and the Swedish People's Party of Finland.

Karjalainen's Second Cabinet
53rd Cabinet of Finland
Date formed	15 July 1970
Date dissolved	29 October 1971
People and organisations
Head of state	Urho Kekkonen
Head of government	Ahti Karjalainen
Member party	Social Democratic Party of Finland Agrarian League Finnish People's Democratic League Liberals Swedish People's Party of Finland
History
Election	1970 parliamentary election
Predecessor	Aura I Cabinet

Ministers

Minister	Period of office	Party
Prime Minister Ahti Karjalainen	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Agrarian League
Deputy Prime Minister Veikko Helle	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party
Minister at Council of State Olavi J. Mattila	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Independent
Minister of Foreign Affairs Väinö Leskinen	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Olavi J. Mattila	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Independent
Minister of Justice Erkki Tuominen Mikko Laaksonen Jacob Söderman	15 July 1970 – 26 March 1971 26 March 1971 – 30 September 1971 1 October 1971 – 29 October 1971	People's Democratic League| Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of the Interior Artturi Jämsén Eino Uusitalo	15 July 1970 – 28 May 1971 28 May 1971 – 29 October 1971	Agrarian League
Deputy Minister of the Interior Mikko Laaksonen Jacob Söderman	26 March 1971 – 30 September 1971 1 October 1971 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Defence Kristian Gestrin	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Swedish People's Party
Minister of Finance Carl Olof Tallgren	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Swedish People's Party
Deputy Minister of Finance Valto Käkelä	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Education Jaakko Itälä	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Liberal People's Party
Deputy Minister of Education Meeri Kalavainen	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Agriculture Nestori Kaasalainen	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Agrarian League
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Lars Lindeman	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Transport Veikko Saarto Kalervo Haapasalo	1971 15 July 1970 – 26 March 1971	People's Democratic League Social Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Kalervo Haapasalo Olavi Salonen Olavi J. Mattila	15 July 1970 – 26 March 1971 26 March 1970 – 29 October 1971 16 September 1970 – 29 October 1971	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party Independent
Minister of Trade and Industry Arne Berner	15 July 1970 – 29 October 1971	Liberal People's Party
Minister of Social Affairs Anna-Liisa Tiekso Pekka Kuusi	15 July 1970 – 26 March 1971 26 March 1971 – 29 October 1971	People's Democratic League Social Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Katri-Helena Eskelinen Arne Berner	27 May 1966 – 31 August 1967 8 September 1967 – 22 March 1968	Agrarian League Liberal People's Party