List of Presidents of Finland
List of Presidents
National Progressive Party Agrarian League National Coalition Centre Party Social Democratic Party of Finland

List of Presidents of Finland

Section Title: List of Presidents
Table Section Text: National Progressive Party Agrarian League National Coalition Centre Party Social Democratic Party of Finland

Rank	Portrait	President (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Birth and death

1	-	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952)	1919	26 July 1919	2 March 1925	National Progressive Party (Ed.)	b. 28 January 1865, Suomussalmi d. 22 September 1952, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1908–1910, 1914–1918 and 1930–1933). Speaker of parliament (1914–1917).

2	-	Lauri Kristian Relander (1883–1942)	1925	2 March 1925	2 March 1931	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 31 May 1883, Kurkijoki d. 9 February 1942, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1910–1914 and 1917–1920). Speaker of parliament (1919–1920).

3	-	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861–1944)	1931	2 March 1931	1 March 1937	National Coalition Party (Kok.)	b. 15 December 1861, Sääksmäki d. 29 February 1944, Luumäki

Member of the Estate of Nobles in the Diet of Finland (1894 and 1899–1906). Member of parliament (1907–1917 and 1930–1931).

4	-	Kyösti Kallio (1873–1940)	1937	1 March 1937	19 December 1940 (died)	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 10 April 1873, Ylivieska d. 19 December 1940, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1907–1937). Chairman of the Agrarian League (1909–1917).

5	-	Risto Ryti (1889–1956)	1940 1943	19 December 1940	4 August 1944 (resigned)	National Progressive Party (Ed.)	b. 3 February 1889, Huittinen d. 25 October 1956, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1919–1924 and 1927–1929). Minister of Finance (1921–1922 and 1922–1924).

6	-	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951)	1944	4 August 1944	11 March 1946 (resigned)	Non-partisan	b. 4 June 1867, Askainen d. 27 January 1951, Lausanne, Switzerland

Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945).

7	-	Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870–1956)	1946 1950	11 March 1946	1 March 1956	National Coalition Party (Kok.)	b. 27 November 1870, Hämeenkoski d. 14 December 1956, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1907–1909 and 1910–1914). Prime Minister (1918 and 1944–1946).

8	-	Urho Kekkonen (1900–1986)	1956 1962 1968 1978	1 March 1956	27 January 1982 (resigned)	Agrarian League (ML) from 1965 Centre Party (Kesk.)	b. 3 September 1900, Pielavesi d. 31 August 1986, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1936–1956). Minister of Justice (1936–1937 and 1944–1946).

9	-	Mauno Koivisto (1923–2017)	1982 1988	27 January 1982	1 March 1994	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	b. 25 November 1923, Turku d. 12 May 2017, Helsinki

Minister of Finance (1966–1967 and 1972). Governor of the Bank of Finland (1968–1982).

10	-	Martti Ahtisaari (b. 1937)	1994	1 March 1994	1 March 2000	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	b. 23 June 1937, Viipuri

Elected as president in 1994. The first president elected by direct popular vote.

11	-	Tarja Halonen (b. 1943)	2000 2006	1 March 2000	1 March 2012	Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP)	b. 24 December 1943, Helsinki

Member of parliament (1979–2000). Minister of Justice (1990–1991).

12	-	Sauli Niinistö (b. 1948)	2012 2018	1 March 2012	Incumbent (Term ends on 1 March 2024)	National Coalition Party (KOK)	b. 24 August 1948, Salo

Member of parliament (1987–2003 and 2007–2011). Chairman of the National Coalition Party (1994–2001).

Sentence(s)

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861 – 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937.

final_sentence: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad (15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937.
final_sentence: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861 – 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937.
final_sentence: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (15 December 1861 – 29 February 1944) was the third President of Finland from 1931 to 1937.