Speaker of the Parliament of Finland

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{{Short description|Legislative chair of the government of Finland}}
{{Infobox official post
|post = Speaker
|body = Parliament of Republic of Finland
|native_name = ''Eduskunnan puhemies'' ''Riksdagens talman''
|insignia =
|insigniasize =
|insigniacaption =
|image = Jussi_Halla-aho_9.5.2023.jpg
|incumbent = [[Jussi Halla-aho]]
|incumbentsince = 21 June 2023
|department = [[Parliament of Finland]]
|style = 
|reports_to = 
|residence = 
|seat = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|nominator = 
|appointer = [[Parliament of Finland|Parliament]]
|appointer_qualified =
|termlength = One year
|termlength_qualified = 
|constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Finland]]
|precursor = Speaker of the [[Diet of Finland]]
|formation = {{start date and age|1907}}
|first = [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]]
|deputy =
|salary = €13,390 monthly<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000006075916.html|title=Eduskunnan puhemiehen palkkioon yli tuhannen euron korotus, toisen kauden kansanedustajien palkkioihin uusi "väliporras"|date=April 17, 2019|website=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref>
|website = [http://www.eduskunta.fi www.eduskunta.fi]
}}
{{Politics of Finland}}
The '''speaker of the Parliament of Finland''' ([[Finnish language|Finnish]] ''eduskunnan puhemies'', [[Swedish language|Swedish]] ''riksdagens talman''), along with two deputy speakers, is elected by [[Parliament of Finland|Parliament]] during the first plenary session each year. Speakers are chosen for a year at a time. In addition to their preparing the work in plenary sessions the speakers also play a key role in Parliament's international co-operation, which includes visits by speakers and international delegations as well as participation in numerous interparliamentary organisations.

The speaker and two deputy speakers are elected by parliament from among its members by secret ballot. After the election the speaker and deputy speakers each make the following solemn affirmation before Parliament:

:''"I, ..., affirm that in my office as speaker I will to the best of my ability defend the rights of the people, parliament and the government of Finland according to the Constitution."''

Formally, the speaker [[Finnish order of precedence|ranks second in the protocol]], after the [[president of Finland]] and before the [[Prime Minister of Finland|prime minister of Finland]].<ref>{{cite book | title= Maassa maan tavalla - tunne säännöt ja onnistu. Ulkoasiainministeriön protokollapalvelut | page =32 | publisher= Ulkoasiainministeriö | year=2008 | isbn= 978-952-281-173-8 | language = fi}}</ref> The speaker is the [[chairman]] of the parliament, who grants the floor for speeches and replies, makes voting proposals and decides on the final order of business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustajat/puhemies/Pages/default.aspx|title=The Speaker and Deputy Speakers|publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]]|access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref> An interim speaker is elected for the duration of government formation talks. The speaker's duties are defined in the [[Constitution of Finland]] and the parliament's rules of procedure.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/1999/731 |title=Suomen perustuslaki 731/1999| publisher=Edita |work= Ajantasainen lainsäädäntö, finlex.fi |access-date=17 April 2023|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2000/40 |title= Eduskunnan työjärjestys 40/2000 |publisher=Edita |work= Ajantasainen lainsäädäntö, finlex.fi |access-date=17 April 2023|language=fi}}</ref>

The title ''puhemies'' or ''talman'' has, both in Finnish and Swedish, the literal meaning 'spokesman', which has caused mild controversies in terms of [[sexism]] in language. However, according to official language authorities, the title is not easy to change to a more gender-neutral alternative due to its "strong connection to the institution and history of the Parliament".<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://web.eduskunta.fi/dman/Document.phx?documentId=hn30808152947824&cmd=download&versionId=1|title=History of Finnish Parliament|publisher=Eduskunta|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606220733/http://web.eduskunta.fi/dman/Document.phx?documentId=hn30808152947824&cmd=download&versionId=1|archive-date=2014-06-06}}</ref>

If there is a tie in the Speaker's Council the speaker is given a [[Tiebreaker|tie-breaking]] vote.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Constitution of Finland |url=https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990731.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050519164856/http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1999/en19990731.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2005}}</ref>

==List of speakers of the Parliament of Finland==
[[File:Desk of the speaker of the Parliament of Finland2.jpg|thumb|Desk of the speaker of the Parliament of Finland]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; border:1px #aaf solid;"
|-
! rowspan="2" |No.
! rowspan="2" | Portrait
! rowspan="2" | Name {{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! colspan="2" | Term of office
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Party
|-
! {{small|Took office}}
! {{small|Left office}}
|-
|1
| width="65" | [[File:Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud.jpg|144x144px]]
| '''[[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud]]''' {{small|(1861–1944)}}
| class="nowrap" | 23 May 1907
| class="nowrap" | 31 January 1913
| style="background:{{party color|Young Finnish Party}};" |
| [[Young Finnish Party|Young Finnish]]
|-
|2
|[[File:Oskar_Tokoi_1900-luvun_alussa.jpg|136x136px]]
|'''[[Oskari Tokoi]]''' {{small|(1873–1963)}}
|3 February 1913
|1 February 1914
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|3
|[[File:Kaarlo_Juho_Ståhlberg.jpg|136x136px]]
|'''[[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]]''' {{small|(1865–1952)}}
|3 February 1914
|3 April 1917
|style="background:{{party color|Young Finnish Party}};" |
|[[Young Finnish Party|Young Finnish]]
|-
|4
|[[File:KullervoManner.jpg|124x124px]]
|'''[[Kullervo Manner]]''' {{small|(1880–1939)}}
|4 April 1917
|30 October 1917
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|5
|[[File:Johannes_Lundson.jpg|133x133px]]
|'''[[Johannes Lundson]]''' {{small|(1867–1939)}}
|2 November 1917
|25 September 1918
|style="background:{{party color|Young Finnish Party}};" |
|[[Young Finnish Party|Young Finnish]]
|-
|6
|[[File:Lauri_Ingman.jpg|135x135px]]
|'''[[Lauri Ingman]]''' {{small|(1868–1934)}}
|27 September 1918
|4 November 1918
|style="background:{{party color|Finnish Party}};" |
|[[Finnish Party|Finnish]]
|-
|7
|[[File:Ernst_Nevanlinna.jpg|140x140px]]
|'''[[Ernst Nevanlinna]]''' {{small|(1873–1932)}}
|6 November 1918
|11 November 1918
|style="background:{{party color|Finnish Party}};" |
|[[Finnish Party|Finnish]]
|-
|(6)
|[[File:Lauri_Ingman.jpg|135x135px]]
|'''[[Lauri Ingman]]''' {{small|(1868–1934)}}
|13 November 1918
|28 November 1918
|style="background:{{party color|Finnish Party}};" |
|[[Finnish Party|Finnish]]
|-
|8
|[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg|125x125px]]
|'''[[Paavo Virkkunen]]''' {{small|(1874–1959)}}
|29 November 1918
|31 March 1919
|style="background:{{party color|Finnish Party}};" |
|[[Finnish Party|Finnish]]
|-
|9
|[[File:Lauri Kristian Relander, 1920s.jpg|132x132px]]
|'''[[Lauri Kristian Relander]]''' {{small|(1883–1942)}}
|2 April 1919
|8 May 1920
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|10
|[[File:Kyösti Kallio, ca. 1930.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Kyösti Kallio]]''' {{small|(1873–1940)}}
|8 May 1920
|29 March 1921
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|11
|[[File:Wäinö_Wuolijoki_(Peruskivi_(cropped)).jpg|122x122px]]
|'''[[Wäinö Wuolijoki]]''' {{small|(1872–1947)}}
|31 March 1921
|4 September 1922
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(10)
|[[File:Kyösti Kallio, ca. 1930.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Kyösti Kallio]]''' {{small|(1873–1940)}}
|6 September 1922
|14 November 1922
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(11)
|[[File:Wäinö_Wuolijoki_(Peruskivi_(cropped)).jpg|122x122px]]
|'''[[Wäinö Wuolijoki]]''' {{small|(1872–1947)}}
|15 November 1922
|31 January 1923
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(8)
|[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg|125x125px]]
|'''[[Paavo Virkkunen]]''' {{small|(1874–1959)}}
|2 February 1923
|30 April 1924
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|(10)
|[[File:Kyösti Kallio, ca. 1930.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Kyösti Kallio]]''' {{small|(1873–1940)}}
|2 May 1924
|31 March 1925
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(11)
|[[File:Wäinö_Wuolijoki_(Peruskivi_(cropped)).jpg|122x122px]]
|'''[[Wäinö Wuolijoki]]''' {{small|(1872–1947)}}
|1 April 1925
|31 January 1926
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(8)
|[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg|125x125px]]
|'''[[Paavo Virkkunen]]''' {{small|(1874–1959)}}
|2 February 1926
|1 September 1927
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|(10)
|[[File:Kyösti Kallio, ca. 1930.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Kyösti Kallio]]''' {{small|(1873–1940)}}
|3 September 1927
|31 January 1928
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(8)
|[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg|125x125px]]
|'''[[Paavo Virkkunen]]''' {{small|(1874–1959)}}
|1 February 1928
|31 January 1929
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|(10)
|[[File:Kyösti Kallio, ca. 1930.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Kyösti Kallio]]''' {{small|(1873–1940)}}
|1 February 1929
|16 August 1929
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(8)
|[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg|125x125px]]
|'''[[Paavo Virkkunen]]''' {{small|(1874–1959)}}
|17 August 1929
|7 July 1930
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|12
|[[File:JuhoSunila.jpg|133x133px]]
|'''[[Juho Sunila]]''' {{small|(1875–1936)}}
|8 July 1930
|20 October 1930
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(10)
|[[File:Kyösti Kallio, ca. 1930.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Kyösti Kallio]]''' {{small|(1873–1940)}}
|21 October 1930
|8 October 1936
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|13
|[[File:Vaino Hakkila.jpg|137x137px]]
|'''[[Väinö Hakkila]]''' {{small|(1882–1958)}}
|9 October 1936
|4 April 1945
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|14
|[[File:Karl-August_Fagerholm.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[Karl-August Fagerholm]]''' {{small|(1901–1984)}}
|6 April 1945
|14 July 1948
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|15
|[[File:Urho_Kaleva_Kekkonen.jpg|120x120px]]
|'''[[Urho Kekkonen]]''' {{small|(1900–1986)}}
|22 July 1948
|21 March 1950
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(14)
|[[File:Karl-August_Fagerholm.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[Karl-August Fagerholm]]''' {{small|(1901–1984)}}
|23 March 1950
|6 March 1956
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|16
|[[File:Vieno_Johannes_Sukselainen.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[V. J. Sukselainen]]''' {{small|(1906–1995)}}
|9 March 1956
|28 May 1957
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(14)
|[[File:Karl-August_Fagerholm.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[Karl-August Fagerholm]]''' {{small|(1901–1984)}}
|31 May 1957
|6 June 1958
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(16)
|[[File:Vieno_Johannes_Sukselainen.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[V. J. Sukselainen]]''' {{small|(1906–1995)}}
|29 July 1958
|14 January 1959
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]]
|-
|(14)
|[[File:Karl-August_Fagerholm.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[Karl-August Fagerholm]]''' {{small|(1901–1984)}}
|14 January 1959
|16 February 1962
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |17
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Kauno_Kleemola.jpg|155x155px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Kauno Kleemola]]''' {{small|(1906–1965)}}
| rowspan="2" |24 February 1962
| rowspan="2" |12 March 1965
|style="background:{{party color|Agrarian League (Finland)}};" |
|[[Agrarian League (Finland)|Agrarian]] {{small|(until 1965)}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]] {{small|(from 1965)}}
|-
|(14)
|[[File:Karl-August_Fagerholm.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[Karl-August Fagerholm]]''' {{small|(1901–1984)}}
|23 March 1965
|4 April 1966
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|18
|[[File:PuhemiesRafael-Paasio-1963.jpg|104x104px]]
|'''[[Rafael Paasio]]''' {{small|(1903–1980)}}
|14 April 1966
|1 June 1966
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|19
|[[File:Johannes_Virolainen_1955.jpg|120x120px]]
|'''[[Johannes Virolainen]]''' {{small|(1914–2000)}}
|3 June 1966
|26 March 1968
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|(16)
|[[File:Vieno_Johannes_Sukselainen.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[V. J. Sukselainen]]''' {{small|(1906–1995)}}
|26 March 1968
|20 March 1970
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|(18)
|[[File:PuhemiesRafael-Paasio-1963.jpg|104x104px]]
|'''[[Rafael Paasio]]''' {{small|(1903–1980)}}
|3 April 1970
|29 February 1972
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(16)
|[[File:Vieno_Johannes_Sukselainen.jpg|131x131px]]
|'''[[V. J. Sukselainen]]''' {{small|(1906–1995)}}
|29 February 1972
|28 January 1976
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|20
|[[File:Helle_ja_paasio_(cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
|'''[[Veikko Helle]]''' {{small|(1911–2005)}}
|5 February 1976
|31 January 1978
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|21
|[[File:Ahti-Pekkala-1987_(cropped).jpg|120x120px]]
|'''[[Ahti Pekkala]]''' {{small|(1924–2014)}}
|1 February 1978
|29 May 1979
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|(19)
|[[File:Johannes_Virolainen_1955.jpg|120x120px]]
|'''[[Johannes Virolainen]]''' {{small|(1914–2000)}}
|5 June 1979
|25 March 1983
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|22
|[[File:Coat_of_arms_of_Finland.svg|125x125px]]
|'''[[Erkki Pystynen]]''' {{small|(born 1929)}}
|7 April 1983
|25 March 1987
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|23
|[[File:Ilkka_Suominen.jpg|100x100px|Ilkka Suominen (2009)]]
|'''[[Ilkka Suominen]]''' {{small|(1939–2022)}}
|2 April 1987
|5 May 1987
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|24
|[[File:Matti_Ahde.jpg|124x124px]]
|'''[[Matti Ahde]]''' {{small|(1945–2019)}}
|8 May 1987
|1 February 1989
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|25
|[[File:Kalevi_Sorsa.jpg|153x153px]]
|'''[[Kalevi Sorsa]]''' {{small|(1930–2004)}}
|1 February 1989
|21 March 1991
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|26
|[[File:Esko_Aho_(cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|'''[[Esko Aho]]''' {{small|(born 1954)}}
|4 April 1991
|26 April 1991
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|(23)
|[[File:Ilkka_Suominen.jpg|100x100px|Ilkka Suominen (2009)]]
|'''[[Ilkka Suominen]]''' {{small|(1939–2022)}}
|30 April 1991
|6 February 1994
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|27
|[[File:Riitta_Uosukainen.jpg|116x116px]]
|'''[[Riitta Uosukainen]]''' {{small|(born 1942)}}
|7 February 1994
|23 March 1995
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|28
|[[File:Paavo_lipponen_15.1.2002_(cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|'''[[Paavo Lipponen]]''' {{small|(born 1941)}}
|28 March 1995
|19 April 1995
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(27)
|[[File:Riitta_Uosukainen.jpg|116x116px]]
|'''[[Riitta Uosukainen]]''' {{small|(born 1942)}}
|21 April 1995
|23 March 1999
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|29
|[[File:Jukka_Mikkola.jpg|102x102px]]
|'''[[Jukka Mikkola]]''' {{small|(1943–2018)}}
|30 March 1999
|16 April 1999
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|(27)
|[[File:Riitta_Uosukainen.jpg|116x116px]]
|'''[[Riitta Uosukainen]]''' {{small|(born 1942)}}
|20 April 1999
|18 March 2003
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|30
|[[File:Jäätteenmäki_Anneli_2014-02-06_1.jpg|150x150px]]
|'''[[Anneli Jäätteenmäki]]''' {{small|(born 1955)}}
|25 March 2003
|16 April 2003
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|(28)
|[[File:Paavo_lipponen_15.1.2002_(cropped).jpg|150x150px]]
|'''[[Paavo Lipponen]]''' {{small|(born 1941)}}
|22 April 2003
|20 March 2007
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|31
|[[File:Timo_Kalli.jpg|147x147px]]
|'''[[Timo Kalli]]''' {{small|(born 1947)}}
|27 March 2007
|20 April 2007
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|32
|[[File:Sauli_Niinistö.jpg|118x118px]]
|'''[[Sauli Niinistö]]''' {{small|(born 1948)}}
|24 April 2007
|19 April 2011
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|33
|[[File:Ben_Zyskowicz_2014.jpg|119x119px]]
|'''[[Ben Zyskowicz]]''' {{small|(born 1954)}}
|27 April 2011
|22 June 2011
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|34
|[[File:Plenum_toppmotet._Nordiska_Radet_session_i_Helsingfors_29.10.2012_(1)_(cropped).jpg|138x138px]]
|'''[[Eero Heinäluoma]]''' {{small|(born 1955)}}
|23 June 2011
|21 April 2015
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|35
|[[File:Juha_Sipilä_18-4-2015.JPG|140x140px]]
|'''[[Juha Sipilä]]''' {{small|(born 1961)}}
|28 April 2015
|29 May 2015
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |36
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Maria_Lohela_2015.jpg|123x123px]]
| rowspan="2" |'''[[Maria Lohela]]''' {{small|(born 1978)}}
| rowspan="2" |29 May 2015
| rowspan="2" |5 February 2018
|style="background:{{party color|Finns Party}};" |
|[[Finns Party|Finns]] {{small|(until 2017)}}
|-
|style="background:{{party color|Blue Reform}};" |
|[[Blue Reform]] {{small|(from 2017)}}
|-
|37
|[[File:PaulaRisikko2.jpg|134x134px]]
|'''[[Paula Risikko]]''' {{small|(born 1960)}}
|5 February 2018
|16 April 2019
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|38
|[[File:Antti_Rinne.jpg|149x149px]]
|'''[[Antti Rinne]]''' {{small|(born 1962)}}
|24 April 2019
|5 June 2019
|style="background:{{party color|Social Democratic Party of Finland}};" |
|[[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic]]
|-
|39
|[[File:Matti Vanhanen 2017 06.jpg|130x130px]]
|'''[[Matti Vanhanen]]''' {{small|(born 1955)}}
|7 June 2019
|9 June 2020
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|40
|[[File:PuhemiesAnuVehvilainen_(cropped).jpg|126x126px]]
|'''[[Anu Vehviläinen]]''' {{small|(born 1963)}}
|9 June 2020
|1 February 2022
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|(39)
|[[File:Matti Vanhanen 2017 06.jpg|130x130px]]
|'''[[Matti Vanhanen]]''' {{small|(born 1955)}}
|1 February 2022
|4 April 2023
|style="background:{{party color|Centre Party (Finland)}};" |
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre]]
|-
|41
|[[File:EPP Political Assembly, 09-10 March, Helsinki (52735865437) (cropped).jpg|130x130px]]
|'''[[Petteri Orpo]]''' {{small|(born 1969)}}
|12 April 2023
|20 June 2023
|style="background:{{party color|National Coalition Party}};" |
|[[Kokoomus|National Coalition]]
|-
|42
|[[File:Jussi Halla-aho in Brussels 2014 (cropped).jpg|130x130px]]
|'''[[Jussi Halla-aho]]''' {{small|(born 1971)}}
|21 June 2023
|Incumbent
|style="background:{{party color|Finns Party}};" |
|[[Finns Party|Finns]]
|}

==List of deputy speakers==
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===First deputy speakers===
{| class="wikitable"
! Speaker
! Term in office
! Party
|-
| [[Nils Robert af Ursin]] || 1907–1908 || SDP
|-
| [[Yrjö Sirola]] || 1908–1909 || SDP
|-
| [[Akseli Listo]] || 1909 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Yrjö Sirola]] || 1909–1910 || SDP
|-
| [[Väinö Tanner]] || 1910 || SDP
|-
| [[Karl Söderholm]] || 1910–1911 || SPP
|-
| [[Oskari Tokoi]] || 1911–1913 || SDP
|-
| [[Lauri Ingman]] || 1913–1914 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Oskari Tokoi]] || 1914–1917 || SDP
|-
| [[Lauri Ingman]] || 1917–1918 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Pekka Ahmavaara]] || 1918 || Young Finns
|-
| [[Santeri Alkio]] || 1918–1919 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Anton Kotonen]] || 1919–1921 || SDP
|-
| [[Oskari Mantere]] || 1921–1922 || NPP
|-
| [[Wäinö Wuolijoki]] || 1922–1923 || SDP
|-
| [[Paavo Virkkunen]] || 1924–1925 || NCP
|-
| [[Jalo Lahdensuo]] || 1925–1928 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Rieti Itkonen]] || 1928–1929 || SDP
|-
| [[Väinö Hakkila]] || 1929–1930 || SDP
|-
| [[Antti Tulenheimo]] || 1930–1932 || NCP
|-
| [[Väinö Hakkila]] || 1932–1936 || SDP
|-
| [[Juho Koivisto]] || 1936–1937 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Jalo Lahdensuo]] || 1937–1938 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Viljami Kalliokoski]] || 1938–1940 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Mikko Tarkkanen]] || 1940–1945 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Cay Sundström]] || 1945 || SKDL
|-
| [[Eino Pekkala]] || 1945–1946 || SKDL
|-
| [[Toivo Kujala]] || 1946 || SKDL
|-
| [[Lennart Heljas]] || 1946–1947 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Urho Kekkonen]] || 1947–1948 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Alpo Lumme]] || 1948–1949 || SDP
|-
| [[Penna Tervo]] || 1949–1950 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Viljami Kalliokoski]] || 1950–1953 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Lennart Heljas]] || 1954–1956 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Väinö Leskinen]] || 1956–1957 || SDP
|-
| [[Lennart Heljas]] || 1957–1958 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Toivo Kujala]] || 1958–1959 || SKDL
|-
| [[Paavo Aitio]] || 1959–1966 || SKDL
|-
| [[Wiljam Sarjala]] || 1966 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Veikko Kokkola]] || 1966–1970 || SDP
|-
| [[Nestori Kaasalainen]] || 1970–1971 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Johannes Virolainen]] || 1971–1972 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Esko Niskanen]] || 1972 || SDP
|-
| [[Veikko Helle]] || 1972–1976 || SDP
|-
| [[Ahti Pekkala]] || 1976–1978 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Veikko Helle]] || 1978–1983 || SDP
|-
| [[Pirkko Työläjärvi]] || 1983–1985 || SDP
|-
| [[Matti Louekoski]] || 1985–1987 || SDP
|-
| [[Elsi Hetemäki-Olander]] || 1987–1991 || NCP
|-
| [[Saara-Maria Paakkinen]] || 1991–1995 || SDP
|-
| [[Sirkka-Liisa Anttila]] || 1995–1996 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Mikko Pesälä]] || 1996–1999 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Sirkka-Liisa Anttila]] || 1999–2003 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Liisa Jaakonsaari]] || 2003 || SDP
|-
| [[Seppo Kääriäinen]] || 2003 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Markku Koski (politician)|Markku Koski]] || 2003–2006 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Sirkka-Liisa Anttila]] || 2006–2007 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Ilkka Kanerva]] || 2007 || NCP
|-
| [[Seppo Kääriäinen]] || 2007–2011 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Jutta Urpilainen]] || 2011 || SDP
|-
| [[Pekka Ravi]] || 2011–2015 || NCP
|-
| [[Timo Soini]] || 2015|| Finns Party
|-
| [[Mauri Pekkarinen]] || 2015–2019|| Centre Party
|-
| [[Juho Eerola]] || 2019 || Finns Party
|-
| [[Tuula Haatainen]] || 2019 || SDP
|-
| [[Antti Rinne]] || 2019–2020|| SDP
|-
| [[Tarja Filatov]] || 2020–2021|| SDP
|-
| [[Antti Rinne]] || 2021–2023|| SDP
|-
| [[Juho Eerola]] || 2023 || Finns Party
|-
| [[Paula Risikko]] || 2023– || NCP
|}
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=== Second deputy speakers ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Speaker
! Term in office
! Party
|-
| [[Ernst Gustaf Palmén|Ernst Palmén]] || 1907–1908 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Akseli Listo]] || 1908–1909 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Karl Söderholm]] || 1909 || SPP
|-
| [[Akseli Listo]] || 1909–1910 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Karl Söderholm]] || 1910 || SPP
|-
| [[Akseli Listo]] || 1910–1913 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Karl Söderholm]] || 1913 || SPP
|-
| [[Emil Schybergson]] || 1913–1914 || SPP
|-
| [[Lauri Ingman]] || 1914–1917 || Finnish Party
|-
| [[Väinö Jokinen]] || 1917 || SDP
|-
| [[Santeri Alkio]] || 1917–1918 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Emil Schybergson]] || 1918 || SPP
|-
| [[Pekka Ahmavaara]] || 1918–1919 || NCP
|-
| [[Paavo Virkkunen]] || 1919–1921 || NCP
|-
| [[Eero Hatva]] || 1922 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Oskar Mantere]] || 1922 || NPP
|-
| [[Jalo Lahdensuo]] || 1923–1924 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Wäinö Wuolijoki]] || 1924–1925 || SDP
|-
| [[Paavo Virkkunen]] || 1925 || NCP
|-
| [[Jalo Lahdensuo]] || 1926 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Jaakko Keto]] || 1926–1927 || SDP
|-
| [[Rieti Itkonen]] || 1927–1928 || SDP
|-
| [[Ragnar Furuhjelm]] || 1928–1929 || SPP
|-
| [[Paavo Virkkunen]] || 1929 || NCP
|-
| [[Juho Sunila]] || 1929–1930 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Gunnar Sahlstein]] || 1930 || NCP
|-
| [[Väinö Hakkila]] || 1930–1933 || SDP
|-
| [[Ernst von Born]] || 1933–1939 || SPP
|-
| [[Edwin Linkomies]] || 1939–1943 || NCP
|-
| [[Toivo Horelli]] || 1943–1945 || NCP
|-
| [[Vihtori Vesterinen]] || 1945 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Lennart Heljas]] || 1945–1946 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Toivo Kujala]] || 1947–1958 || SKDL
|-
| [[Onni Peltonen]] || 1958 || SDP
|-
| [[Johannes Virolainen]] || 1959–1961 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Kusti Eskola]] || 1961–1962 || Agrarian League
|-
| [[Jussi Saukkonen]] || 1962–1964 || NCP
|-
| [[Niilo Kosola]] || 1964–1966 || NCP
|-
| [[Paavo Aitio]] || 1966–1968 || SKDL
|-
| [[Leo Suonpää]] || 1968–1970 || SKDL
|-
| [[Olavi Lähteenmäki]] || 1970–1975 || NCP
|-
| [[Anna-Liisa Linkola]] || 1975–1979 || NCP
|-
| [[Juuso Häikiö]] || 1979–1983 || NCP
|-
| [[Veikko Pihlajamäki]] || 1983 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Mikko Pesälä]] || 1983–1991 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Ritva Laurila]] || 1991 || NCP
|-
| [[Mikko Pesälä]] || 1991–1994 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Seppo Pelttari]] || 1994 || Centre Party
|-
| [[Riitta Uosukainen]] || 1995 || NCP
|-
| [[Matti Louekoski]] || 1995–1996 || SDP
|-
| [[Kerttu Törnqvist]] || 1996–1999 || SDP
|-
| [[Riitta Uosukainen]] || 1999 || NCP
|-
| [[Jukka Mikkola]] || 1999–2003 || SDP
|-
| [[Ilkka Kanerva]] || 2003–2007 || NCP
|-
| [[Johannes Koskinen]] || 2007–2010 || SDP
|-
| [[Tarja Filatov]] || 2010–2011 || SDP
|-
| [[Anssi Joutsenlahti]] || 2011–2015 || Finns Party
|-
| [[Ben Zyskowicz]] || 2015 || NCP
|-
| [[Paula Risikko]] || 2015–2016 || NCP
|-
| [[Arto Satonen]] || 2016–2018 || NCP
|-
| [[Tuula Haatainen]] || 2018–2019 || SDP
|-
| [[Paula Risikko]] || 2019 || NCP
|-
| [[Juho Eerola]] || 2019–2023 || Finns Party
|-
| [[Tarja Filatov]] || 2023– || SDP
|}
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== See also ==
*[[Parliament of Finland]]
*[[Diet of Finland]]
*[[Finnish House of Nobility#Lantmarskalks|Lantmarskalks of the Finnish House of Nobility]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Commons-inline|Speakers of the Parliament of Finland}}

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