# Rinne cabinet

The cabinet of Antti Rinne was the 75th government of Finland. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2019 and was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistö on 6 June 2019. The cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party, the Green League, the Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Antti Rinne.
This government was the first centre-left coalition to lead Finland since the Lipponen II Cabinet in 2003. The Rinne coalition had a total of 117 seats (58.5%) in the 200-seat parliament.
Rinne announced the resignation of his government due to mishandling a postal strike on 3 December 2019. It continued its term as a caretaker government until a new government, the Marin Cabinet, was formed.

## Ministers

The Rinne cabinet comprised 19 ministers: seven ministers from the Social Democratic Party, five ministers from the Centre Party, three from the Green League, and two each from the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party.
The constitution requires ministers to be "honest and competent". The nomination of Centre's Antti Kaikkonen as the Minister of Defence drew considerable controversy due to his previous conviction from political corruption. Historically, the interpretation of the "honest and competent" clause has been permissive: the most salient example would be Aarre Simonen, who was also successfully appointed in 1966 despite his conviction in 1961, also from corruption. Rinne had the question checked with the Chancellor of Justice and Kaikkonen was cleared to proceed. The motivation was that there had already been two elections in between where Kaikkonen had been re-elected, and Kaikkonen had been law-abiding since.
| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Antti Rinne | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | SDP |
| Minister deputising for the Prime Minister | Mika Lintilä | 6 June 2019 | 12 September 2019 | Centre |
| Minister deputising for the Prime Minister | Katri Kulmuni | 12 September 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Centre |
| Minister of Finance | Mika Lintilä | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Centre |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Pekka Haavisto | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Green |
| Minister of the Interior | Maria Ohisalo | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Green |
| Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade | Ville Skinnari | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | SDP |
| Minister of Justice | Anna-Maja Henriksson | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | RKP |
| Minister of Employment | Timo Harakka | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | SDP |
| Minister of Defence | Antti Kaikkonen | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Centre |
| Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering | Sirpa Paatero | 6 June 2019 | 29 november 2019 | SDP |
| Minister of Transport and Communications | Sanna Marin | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | SDP |
| Minister of Education | Li Andersson | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Left Alliance |
| Minister of Science and Culture | Annika Saarikko | 6 June 2019 | 9 August 2019 | Centre |
| Minister of Science and Culture | Hanna Kosonen | 9 August 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Centre |
| Minister for European Affairs | Tytti Tuppurainen | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | SDP |
| Minister of the Environment and Climate Change | Krista Mikkonen | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Green |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | Jari Leppä | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Centre |
| Minister of Economic Affairs | Katri Kulmuni | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Centre |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Health | Aino-Kaisa Pekonen | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | Left Alliance |
| Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services | Krista Kiuru | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | SDP |
| Minister of Nordic Cooperation and Equality | Thomas Blomqvist | 6 June 2019 | 10 December 2019 | RKP |