Minister of Employment (Finland)

The Minister of Employment (Finnish: työministeri,^[1] Swedish: arbetsminister^[2]) is one of the Finnish Government's ministerial positions. Along with the Minister of Economic Affairs, the Minister of Employment is located at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.^[3]

List of ministers of labor and employment

No.	Minister^[4]^[5]	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1	Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	1 March 1970	14 May 1970	74 days	SDP	Koivisto I
2	Esa Timonen (1925–2015)	14 May 1970	15 July 1970	62 days	Independent	Aura I
(1)	Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	15 July 1970	29 October 1971	1 year, 106 days	SDP	Aura I Karjalainen II
3	Keijo Liinamaa (1929–1980)	29 October 1971	23 February 1972	117 days	Independent	Aura II
(1)	Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	23 February 1972	4 September 1972	194 days	SDP	Paasio II
4	Valde Nevalainen (1919–1994)	4 September 1972	13 June 1975	2 years, 282 days	SDP	Sorsa I
5	Ilmo Paananen (1927–2014)	13 June 1975	30 November 1975	170 days	Independent	Liinamaa
6	Paavo Aitio (1918–1989)	30 November 1975	29 September 1976	304 days	SKDL	Miettunen II
7	Paavo Väyrynen (born 1946)	29 September 1976	15 May 1977	228 days	Centre	Miettunen III
8	Arvo Aalto (born 1932)	15 May 1977	20 March 1981	3 years, 309 days	SKDL	Sorsa II Koivisto II
9	Jouko Kajanoja (born 1942)	20 March 1981	31 December 1982	1 year, 286 days	SKDL	Koivisto II Sorsa III
(1)	Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	31 December 1982	6 May 1983	126 days	SDP	Sorsa III
10	Urpo Leppänen (1944–2010)	6 May 1983	30 April 1987	3 years, 359 days	Rural Party	Sorsa IV
11	Matti Puhakka (1945–2021)	30 April 1987	26 April 1991	3 years, 361 days	SDP	Holkeri
12	Ilkka Kanerva (1948–2022)	26 April 1991	13 April 1995	3 years, 352 days	National Coalition	Aho
13	Liisa Jaakonsaari (born 1945)	13 April 1995	15 April 1999	4 years, 2 days	SDP	Lipponen I
14	Sinikka Mönkäre (born 1947)	15 April 1999	25 February 2000	316 days	SDP	Lipponen II
15	Tarja Filatov (born 1963)	25 February 2000	19 April 2007	7 years, 53 days	SDP	Lipponen II Jäätteenmäki Vanhanen I
16	Tarja Cronberg (born 1943)	19 April 2007	26 June 2009	2 years, 68 days	Green	Vanhanen II
17	Anni Sinnemäki (born 1973)	26 June 2009	22 June 2011	1 year, 361 days	Green	Vanhanen II Kiviniemi
18	Lauri Ihalainen (born 1947)	22 June 2011	29 May 2015	3 years, 341 days	SDP	Katainen Stubb
19	Jari Lindström (born 1965)	29 May 2015	6 June 2019	4 years, 8 days	Finns	Sipilä
20	Timo Harakka (born 1962)	6 June 2019	10 December 2019	187 days	SDP	Rinne
21	Tuula Haatainen (born 1960)	10 December 2019	20 June 2023	5 years, 7 days	SDP	Marin
22	Arto Satonen (born 1966)	20 June 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 180 days	National Coalition	Orpo

References

^ "Työministeri". Valtioneuvosto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ "Arbetsminister". Valtioneuvosto (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ "Ministers". Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor force". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
^ "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[1] "Työministeri". Valtioneuvosto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[2] "Arbetsminister". Valtioneuvosto (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[3] "Ministers". Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[4] "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor force". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

[5] "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.

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