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{{Short description|Executive branch and cabinet of the government of Finland}}
{{About|the executive branch of Finland|the entire governing system|Politics of Finland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{ Infobox executive government
 | government_name = Finnish Government
 | nativename = {{langx|fi|Suomen valtioneuvosto}}<br/>{{langx|sv|Finlands statsråd}}
 | border = <!-- for clarification, options are "devolved" (for UK use), "federal", "central" -->
 | background_color = #002F6C
 | image = Finnish Government Emblem.svg
 | image_size = 300px
 | caption = 
 | date = {{Start date and age|1917|11|27|df=y}}
 | state = [[Republic of Finland]]
 | polity = <!-- if polity governed is not a state (e.g. subdivision of a state) -->
 | country = <!-- if neither state nor polity are accurate terms of description -->
 | address = [[Government Palace (Finland)|Government Palace]]<br/>Snellmaninkatu 1 A, [[Helsinki]], Finland
 | leader_title = [[Prime Minister of Finland]]
 | appointed = [[President of Finland]]
 | budget = [[euro|€]]90.1 billion<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vm.fi/valtion-budjetti-lukuina|title=Valtion budjetti lukuina|website=budjetti.vm.fi|trans-title=Finnish Budget in Numbers|date=2025|url-status=live|access-date=2025-11-20}}</ref> <small>(2025)</small>
 | main_organ = [[Prime Minister's Office (Finland)|Prime Minister's Office]]
 | ministries = 12 ([[List of Finnish ministries|list]])
 | responsible = [[Parliament of Finland]]
 | url = [http://government.fi government.fi]
 }}
{{Politics of Finland}}

The '''Finnish Government''' ({{Langx|fi|Suomen valtioneuvosto}}; {{Langx|sv|Finlands statsråd}}; {{Literal translation|Finland's council of state}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/government|title=About the Government|website=Finnish Government|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031539/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/government|archive-date=12 December 2017|url-status=live|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mot.kielikone.fi/mot/valter/netmot.exe?ListWord=valtioneuvosto+%281%29&SearchWord=valtioneuvosto&dic=1&page=results&UI=en80&Opt=1|title=Finnish Government Glossary|website=mot.kielikone.fi|publisher=Finnish Government Termbank Valter|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054811/https://mot.kielikone.fi/mot/valter/netmot.exe?ListWord=valtioneuvosto+%281%29&SearchWord=valtioneuvosto&dic=1&page=results&UI=en80&Opt=1|archive-date=10 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-01-09|quote=Government : body which exercises general governmental power and must enjoy the confidence of Parliament, consisting of the prime minister, who is chosen by Parliament and appointed by the President of the Republic, and the other ministers, who are appointed by the president of the republic acting on a proposal by the prime minister}}</ref> is the [[Executive (government)|executive branch]] and [[cabinet (government)|cabinet]] of [[Finland]], which directs the [[politics of Finland]] and is the main source of legislation proposed to the [[Parliament of Finland|Parliament]]. The Government has [[collective ministerial responsibility]] and represents Finland in the [[Council of the European Union]]. In the incumbent [[Orpo Cabinet]], the Government comprises 19 ministers leading [[List of Finnish ministries|12 ministries]].

[[Majority government|Majority]] [[coalition government]]s have become the foundation of the Finnish Government; apart from a few historical exceptions, a Government is usually assembled by the representatives of two major parties and a number of smaller parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/government/history/governments-and-ministers/report/-/r/v2|title=Governments in chronological order|website=Valtioneuvosto|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-21|archive-date=28 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328021550/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/government/history/governments-and-ministers/report/-/r/v2|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Composition ==
The Government is the most important [[Executive (government)|executive]] body of Finland composed of the ministers.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://www.finna.fi/Record/arto.137026|title=Suomen keskushallinnon historia 1809–1996|publisher=Prime Minister's Office and Edita|year=1996|isbn=951-37-1976-6|editor-last=Selovuori|editor-first=Jorma|language=fi|trans-title=History of the Finnish Central Government 1809–1996|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020256/https://www.finna.fi/Record/arto.137026|archive-date=1 February 2018|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/79345/Valtioneuvoston%20kanslia%20200%20vuotta.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=Valtioneuvoston kanslia 200 vuotta|last=Savolainen|first=Raimo|publisher=Prime Minister's Office and Edita|year=2011|isbn=978-952-5896-73-2|language=fi|trans-title=200 years of the Prime Minister's Office|issn=1799-7828|archive-date=24 February 2021|access-date=10 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224121024/http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/79345/Valtioneuvoston%20kanslia%20200%20vuotta.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its supreme powers are based on Section 3, Chapter 1 of the [[Constitution of Finland]] (and the subordinate Government Act of 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2003/20030175|title=Government Act 175/2003|date=2009-02-28|website=finlex.fi|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110114707/https://www.finlex.fi/en/laki/kaannokset/2003/20030175|archive-date=10 January 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>):<blockquote>The governmental powers are exercised by the President of the Republic and the Government, the members of which
shall have the confidence of the Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|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=19 May 2005|title=The Constitution of Finland|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref></blockquote>

===Cabinet and ministers===
The Government is led by the [[Prime Minister of Finland|Prime Minister]], considered practically the most powerful single office holder in Finland and often the leader of the largest political party.

The Government is composed of 11 ministries plus the Prime Minister's Office. Each ministry is led by at least one minister. Unlike the varying number and portfolios of ministers, the number and names of the ministries are fixed in law.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.finlex.fi/fi/lainsaadanto/2003/175|title=FINLEX ® - Ajantasainen lainsäädäntö: Laki valtioneuvostosta 175/2003|first=Edita Publishing|last=Oy|website=finlex.fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/161646|title=Ministerin käsikirja 2019 - Tietoa valtioneuvoston toiminnasta|first1=Sanna|last1=Helopuro|first2=Timo|last2=Lankinen|date=29 May 2019|website=julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi}}</ref> All ministers sit in the Government.

The Government itself proposes the number of ministers and their roles for the [[Parliament of Finland]] to confirm, and it is possible to reshuffle portfolios during the life of a Government. There are no senior or junior ministers, and [[Minister without portfolio|ministers without portfolio]] are no longer permitted under the 2000 constitution. Ministers are not required to be Members of Parliament (MPs), although they often are. Each minister is assisted by a secretary of state ({{Langx|fi|valtiosihteeri}}; {{Langx|sv|statssekreterare}}), a political appointee who serves at the pleasure of the minister.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Although ministers' portfolios are divided among the participating political parties, the Government has [[collective ministerial responsibility]], and the ministers are expected to follow a government programme agreed upon during government formation talks.

=== List of the ministries ===
[[File:Government Palace - Marit Henriksson.jpg|thumb|The [[Prime Minister's Office (Finland)|Prime Minister's Office]] is located at the [[Government Palace (Finland)|Government Palace]] near the [[Senate Square, Helsinki|Senate Square]].]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Ministry
!Finnish name<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kielitoimistonohjepankki.fi/haku/ministeri%C3%B6/ohje/203|title=Kielitoimiston ohjepankki|website=Kielitoimiston ohjepankki|language=fi-FI|access-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>
!Swedish name
|-
|[[Prime Minister's Office (Finland)|Prime Minister's Office]]
|''valtioneuvoston kanslia''
|''statsrådets kansli''
|-
|[[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]
|''ulkoministeriö''
|''utrikesministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Justice (Finland)|Ministry of Justice]]
|''oikeusministeriö''
|''justitieministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of the Interior (Finland)|Ministry of the Interior]]
|''sisäministeriö''
|''inrikesministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Defence (Finland)|Ministry of Defence]]
|''puolustusministeriö''
|''försvarsministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Finance (Finland)|Ministry of Finance]]
|''valtiovarainministeriö''
|''finansministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Education and Culture (Finland)|Ministry of Education and Culture]]
|''opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriö''
|''undervisnings- och kulturministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland)|Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry]]
|''maa- ja metsätalousministeriö''
|''jord- och skogsbruksministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Transport and Communications (Finland)|Ministry of Transport and Communications]]
|''liikenne- ja viestintäministeriö''
|''kommunikationsministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (Finland)|Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment]]
|''työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö''
|''arbets- och näringsministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of Social Affairs and Health]]
|''sosiaali- ja terveysministeriö''
|''social- och hälsovårdsministeriet''
|-
|[[Ministry of the Environment (Finland)|Ministry of the Environment]]
|''ympäristöministeriö''
|''miljöministeriet''
|}

=== Ministerial committees ===
The Prime Minister may sit with a subset of the Government in a [[ministerial committee]] (cabinet committee), when it is not necessary or desirable to have the entire Government convene. There are government-specific and optional ministerial committees in addition to the four statutory ministerial committees:<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://blogs.helsinki.fi/vol-spj/|title=Suomen poliittinen järjestelmä|last=Saukkonen|first=Pasi|publisher=University of Helsinki|year=2008|series=fi-fe20041404|language=fi|trans-title=Political System of Finland}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
* Ministerial Finance Committee ({{Lang|fi|raha-asiainvaliokunta}});
* [[Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy]] (({{Lang|fi|ulko- ja turvallisuuspoliittinen ministerivaliokunta}}) since 2000, before that Defence Council ({{Lang|fi|puolustusneuvosto}}) since 1922);
* Ministerial Committee on Economic Policy ({{Lang|fi|talouspoliittinen ministerivaliokunta}}; officially since 1977 and unofficially before that); and
* Ministerial Committee on [[European Union]] Affairs ({{Lang|fi|Euroopan unionia koskevien asioiden ministerivaliokunta}}; established in 1995 to replace the Ministerial Committee on [[European Economic Community]] Affairs).

== Legislation ==
{{see also|Law of Finland}}
[[File:Vanhasen II hallitus.JPG|thumb|[[Vanhanen II Cabinet]] in a session of [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] in 2007.]]
The Government initiates the majority of [[legislation]]. A proposed act ({{Langx|fi|laki}}; {{Langx|sv|lag}}) is drafted in the respective ministry under the direction of its minister, after which it is reviewed by the Government and forwarded as a [[Bill (law)|government proposal]] ({{Langx|fi|hallituksen esitys}}; {{Langx|sv|regeringens proposition}}) to Parliament for processing and possible amendments. However, since [[coalition government]]s have become the norm in Finland, the parties represented in the Government usually form the majority in the parliament, making the process somewhat more harmonious. Since 1957, all governments have been [[majority government]]s. Before a proposal is enacted into law, it must be confirmed by the [[President of Finland]]. As such, the president has the power of a delaying veto as a check against majority politics and potential violations of international agreements. Periods of [[Cohabitation (government)|cohabitation]], wherein the president and the government represent different political positions, can create strife. The president's veto can be overridden by the Parliament, although this is in practice not done. Parties can also agree not to vote along party lines but to leave the decision to individual MPs, although this is uncommon.<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Smolna - Marit Henriksson.jpg|thumb|[[Smolna, Helsinki|Smolna]], located in [[Kaartinkaupunki]], [[Helsinki]], is used as a [[banquet hall]] of the Finnish Government.]]

While the Parliament passes acts, the Government or an individual ministry issues decrees ({{Langx|fi|asetus}}; {{Langx|sv|förordning}}) as [[Primary and secondary legislation|delegated legislation]]. Decrees clarify, specify, and guide the implementation of an act of Parliament, but cannot contradict it. They are similar to US standing [[executive order]]s. A typical example is specifying the actual monetary sums for benefits described in general terms in an act.<ref name=":0" /> Decrees form an important body of law alongside acts of Parliament.

== Budget ==
State funds can be spent only in the framework of the state budget ({{Langx|fi|valtion talousarvio}}; {{Langx|sv|statsbudget}}), which must be confirmed by Parliament. The Government drafts the annual budget and introduces it to Parliament for discussion and approval. If the Government requires more funds mid-year, they have to submit an additional budget proposal to Parliament.<ref name=":0" /> For 2018, the central state budget was €55.8 billion, not including municipal budgets and non-departmental bodies like [[state-owned enterprise]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tutkibudjettia.fi/|title=Tutki budjettia|website=tutkibudjettia.fi}}</ref>

== Incumbent government ==
{{main|Orpo Cabinet}}

The current Orpo cabinet is Finland's 77th Government, which was inaugurated on 20 June 2023. Out of the total 19 ministerial posts, eight ministers are from the National Coalition, seven from the Finns, three from the Swedish People's Party, and one from the Christian Democrats.
{{Further|Orpo Cabinet#Ministers}}
The incumbent 19 ministers and their associated portfolios are listed below:
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Prime Minister of Finland|Prime Minister]]
 | minister1             = [[Petteri Orpo]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title= [[Deputy Prime Minister (Finland)|Minister deputising for the Prime Minister]]
| minister1= [[Riikka Purra]]
| minister1_termstart= 20 June 2023
| minister1_termend= 
| minister1_party= Finns Party 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Finance (Finland)|Minister of Finance]]
 | minister1             = Riikka Purra
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party 
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     =
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Education (Finland)|Minister of Education]]
 | minister1             = [[Anders Adlercreutz]]
 | minister1_party       = Swedish People's Party of Finland
 | minister1_termstart   = 5 July 2024
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland)|Minister of Agriculture and Forestry]]
 | minister1             = [[Sari Essayah]]
 | minister1_party       = Christian Democrats (Finland)
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Defence (Finland)|Minister of Defence]]
 | minister1             = [[Antti Häkkänen]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade (Finland)|Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade]]
 | minister1             = [[Ville Tavio]]
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Economic Affairs (Finland)|Minister of Economic Affairs]]
 | minister1             = [[Wille Rydman]]
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party 
 | minister1_termstart   = 6 July 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Employment (Finland)|Minister of Employment]]
 | minister1             = [[Arto Satonen]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (Finland)|Minister of the Environment and Climate Change]]
 | minister1             = [[Kai Mykkänen]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister for European Affairs (Finland)|Minister of European Affairs and Ownership Steering]]
 | minister1             = [[Joakim Strand]]
 | minister1_party       = Swedish People's Party of Finland
 | minister1_termstart   = 5 July 2024
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
 | minister1             = [[Elina Valtonen]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of the Interior (Finland)|Minister of the Interior]]
 | minister1             = [[Mari Rantanen]]
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Justice (Finland)|Minister of Justice]]
 | minister1             = [[Leena Meri]]
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party 
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering (Finland)|Minister of Local and Regional Government]]
 | minister1             = [[Anna-Kaisa Ikonen]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Science and Culture]]
 | minister1             = [[Sari Multala]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Social Affairs and Health (Finland)|Minister of Social Affairs and Health]]
 | minister1             = [[Kaisa Juuso]]
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party 
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services (Finland)|Minister of Social Security]]
 | minister1             = [[Sanni Grahn-Laasonen]]
 | minister1_party       = National Coalition Party
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister of Transport and Communications (Finland)|Minister of Transport and Communications]]
 | minister1             = [[Lulu Ranne]]
 | minister1_party       = Finns Party 
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = 
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
 | title                 = [[Minister for European Affairs, Culture and Sport|Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity]]
 | minister1             = [[Sandra Bergqvist]]
 | minister1_party       = Swedish People's Party of Finland
 | minister1_termstart   = 20 June 2023
 | minister1_termend     = }}
|}

==List of governments==
The following is a list of all Finnish governments since 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers|title=Finnish Governments and Ministers since 1917|website=Finnish Government|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180110054845/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers|archive-date=10 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Government!! Took office
!Seats!! Parties
|-
| [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first cabinet|Svinhufvud's senate]]
| 27 November 1917
| 103/200
| [[Young Finnish Party]]<br />[[Swedish People's Party (Finland)|Swedish People's Party]]<br />[[Finnish Party]]<br />[[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]]
|-
| [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi's first cabinet|Paasikivi's senate]]
| 27 May 1918
| 103/200
| [[Young Finnish Party]]<br />[[Swedish People's Party (Finland)|Swedish People's Party]]<br />[[Finnish Party]]<br />[[Centre Party of Finland|Agrarian League]]
|-
| [[Lauri Ingman's first cabinet|Ingman's cabinet]]
| 27 November 1918
| 77/200
77/108
| [[National Coalition Party]]<br />Swedish People's Party<br />[[National Progressive Party (Finland)|National Progressive Party]]
|-
| [[Kaarlo Castrén Cabinet|K. Castrén's cabinet]]
| 17 April 1919
| 90/200
| Swedish People's Party<br />National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League
|-
| [[Juho Vennola's first cabinet|Vennola's cabinet]]
| 15 August 1919
| 68/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League
|-
| [[Erich's cabinet]]
| 15 March 1920
| 118/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Juho Vennola's second cabinet|Vennola's second cabinet]]
| 9 April 1921
| 68/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League
|-
| [[Aimo Cajander's first cabinet|Cajander's cabinet]]
| 2 June 1922
| –
| –
|-
| [[Kyösti Kallio's first cabinet|Kallio's cabinet]]
| 14 November 1922
| 60/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League
|-
| [[Aimo Cajander's second cabinet|Cajander's second cabinet]]
| 18 January 1924
| –
| ''–''
|-
| [[Lauri Ingman's second cabinet|Ingman's second cabinet]]
| 31 May 1924
| 122/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Antti Tulenheimo's cabinet|Tulenheimo's cabinet]]
| 31 March 1925
| 82/200
| Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party
|-
| [[Kyösti Kallio's second cabinet|Kallio's second cabinet]]
| 31 December 1925
| 82/200
| Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party
|-
| [[Väinö Tanner's cabinet|Tanner's cabinet]]
| 13 December 1926
| 52/200
| [[Social Democratic Party of Finland|Social Democratic Party]]
|-
| [[Juho Sunila's first cabinet|Sunila's cabinet]]
| 17 December 1927
| 52/200
| Agrarian League
|-
| [[Oskari Mantere's cabinet|Mantere's cabinet]]
| 22 December 1928
| 10/200
| National Progressive Party
|-
| [[Kyösti Kallio's third cabinet|Kallio's third cabinet]]
| 16 August 1929
| 60/200
| Agrarian League
|-
| [[Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's second cabinet|Svinhufvud's second cabinet]]
| 4 July 1930
| 132/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Juho Sunila's second cabinet|Sunila's second cabinet]]
| 21 March 1931
| 132/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Toivo Mikael Kivimäki's cabinet|Kivimäki's cabinet]]
| 14 December 1932
| 85/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Kyösti Kallio's fourth cabinet|Kallio's fourth cabinet]]
| 7 October 1936
| 60/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League
|-
| [[Aimo Cajander's third cabinet|Cajander's third cabinet]]
| 3 March 1937
| 164/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Risto Ryti's first cabinet|Ryti's cabinet]]
| 1 December 1939
| 165/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Risto Ryti's second cabinet|Ryti's second cabinet]]
| 27 March 1940
| 190/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />National Coalition Party
|-
| [[Johan Wilhelm Rangell's cabinet|Rangell's cabinet]]
| 4 January 1941
| 198/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />National Coalition Party<br />[[Patriotic People's Movement (Finland)|Patriotic People's Movement]]
|-
| [[Edwin Linkomies' cabinet|Linkomies' cabinet]]
| 5 March 1943
| 190/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />National Coalition Party
|-
| [[Antti Hackzell's cabinet|Hackzell's cabinet]]
| 8 September 1944
| 190/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />National Coalition Party
|-
| [[Urho Castrén's cabinet|U. Castrén's cabinet]]
| 21 October 1944
| 190/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />National Coalition Party
|-
| [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi's second cabinet|Paasikivi's second cabinet]]
| 17 November 1944
| 165/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />[[Finnish People's Democratic League]]
|-
| [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi's third cabinet|Paasikivi's third cabinet]]
| 17 April 1945
| 171/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Finnish People's Democratic League
|-
| [[Mauno Pekkala's cabinet|Pekkala's cabinet]]
| 26 March 1946
| 162/200
| Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Finnish People's Democratic League
|-
| [[Karl-August Fagerholm's first cabinet|Fagerholm's cabinet]]
| 29 August 1948
| 54/200
| Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Urho Kekkonen's first cabinet|Kekkonen's cabinet]]
| 17 March 1950
| 75/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Urho Kekkonen's second cabinet|Kekkonen's second cabinet]]
| 17 January 1951
| 129/200
| National Progressive Party<br />Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Urho Kekkonen's third cabinet|Kekkonen's third cabinet]]
| 20 October 1951
| 119/200
| Agrarian League<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Urho Kekkonen's fourth cabinet|Kekkonen's fourth cabinet]]
| 9 August 1953
| 66/200
| Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Sakari Tuomioja's cabinet]]
| 17 November 1953
| 53/200
| –
|-
| [[Ralf Törngren's cabinet|Törngren's cabinet]]
| 5 May 1954
| 120/200
| Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Urho Kekkonen's fifth cabinet|Kekkonen's fifth cabinet]]
| 20 October 1954
| 107/200
| Agrarian League<br />Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Karl-August Fagerholm's second cabinet|Fagerholm's second cabinet]]
| 3 March 1956
| 120/200
| Agrarian League<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's first cabinet|Sukselainen's cabinet]]
| 27 April 1957
| 79/200
| Agrarian League<br />Swedish People'Party<br />[[Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders]]<br />[[Finnish People's Party]]
|-
|[[Rainer von Fieandt's cabinet|von Fieandt's cabinet]]
| 29 November 1957
| –
| –
|-
| [[Reino Kuuskoski's cabinet|Kuuskoski's cabinet]]
| 26 April 1958
| –
| ''–''
|-
| [[Karl-August Fagerholm's third cabinet|Fagerholm's third cabinet]]
| 29 September 1958
| 152/200
| Social Democratic Party<br />Agrarian League<br />National Coalition Party<br />Finnish People's Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's second cabinet|Sukselainen's second cabinet]]
| 13 January 1959
| 62/200
| Agrarian League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Martti Miettunen's first cabinet|Miettunen's cabinet]]
| 14 August 1961
| 48/200
| Agrarian League
|-
| [[Ahti Karjalainen's first cabinet|Karjalainen's cabinet]]
| 13 April 1962
| 114/200
| Agrarian League<br />Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders<br />Swedish People's Party<br />National Coalition Party<br />Finnish People's Party
|-
| [[Reino Ragnar Lehto's cabinet|Lehto's cabinet]]
| 18 December 1963
| –
| ''–''
|-
| [[Johannes Virolainen's cabinet|Virolainen's cabinet]]
| 12 October 1964
| 112/200
| [[Centre Party of Finland|Centre Party]]<br />National Coalition Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Finnish People's Party
|-
|[[Rafael Paasio's first cabinet|Paasio's cabinet]]
| 27 May 1966
| 152/200
|[[Finnish People's Democratic League]]<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders<br />Centre Party
|-
| [[Koivisto I Cabinet|Koivisto's cabinet]]
| 22 March 1968
| 164/200
| Social Democratic Party<br />Social Democratic Union of Workers and Smallholders<br />Centre Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Finnish People's Democratic League
|-
| [[Teuvo Aura's first cabinet|Aura's cabinet]]
| 14 May 1970
| –
| ''–''
|-
| [[Karjalainen II Cabinet|Karjalainen's second cabinet]]
| 15 August 1970
| 144/200
| Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />[[Liberals (Finland)|Liberals]]
|-
| [[Aura II Cabinet|Aura's second cabinet]]
| 29 October 1971
| –
| ''–''
|-
| [[Paasio II Cabinet|Paasio's second cabinet]]
| 23 February 1972
| 55/200
| Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Sorsa I Cabinet|Sorsa's cabinet]]
| 4 October 1972
| 109/200
| Centre Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Liberals<br />Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Liinamaa Cabinet|Liinamaa's cabinet]]
| 13 June 1975
| –
| ''–''
|-
| [[Martti Miettunen's second cabinet|Miettunen's second cabinet]]
| 30 November 1975
| 152/200
| Finnish People's Democratic League<br />Centre Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Liberals<br />Social Democratic Party
|-
| [[Martti Miettunen's third cabinet|Miettunen's third cabinet]]
| 29 October 1976
| 58/200
| Centre Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Liberals
|-
| [[Kalevi Sorsa's second cabinet|Sorsa's second cabinet]]
| 15 May 1977
| 152/200
| Finnish People's Democratic League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Liberals<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party
|-
| [[Mauno Koivisto's second cabinet|Koivisto's second cabinet]]
| 26 May 1979
| 133/200
| Finnish People's Democratic League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party
|-
| [[Kalevi Sorsa's third cabinet|Sorsa's third cabinet]]
| 19 February 1982 
| 133/200
102/200
| Finnish People's Democratic League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party
|-
| [[Sorsa IV Cabinet|Sorsa's fourth cabinet]]
| 6 May 1983
| 123/200
| Swedish People's Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party<br />[[Finnish Rural Party]]
|-
| [[Holkeri Cabinet|Holkeri's cabinet]]
| 30 April 1987
| 131/200
| National Coalition Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Finnish Rural Party
|-
| [[Esko Aho's cabinet|Aho's cabinet]]
| 26 April 1991
| 115/200
| Centre Party<br />National Coalition Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />[[Christian Democrats (Finland)|Christian Democrats]]
|-
| [[Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet|Lipponen's cabinet]]
| 13 April 1995
| 145/200
| National Coalition Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />[[Left Alliance (Finland)|Left Alliance]]<br />[[Green League]]
|-
| [[Paavo Lipponen's second Cabinet|Lipponen's second Cabinet]]
| 15 April 1999
| 140/200
129/200
| National Coalition Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Left Alliance<br />Green League (−2002)
|-
| [[Anneli Jäätteenmäki's Cabinet|Jäätteenmäki's Cabinet]]
| 17 April 2003
| 117/200
| Centre Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet|Vanhanen's cabinet]]
| 24 June 2003
| 117/200
| Centre Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Matti Vanhanen's second cabinet|Vanhanen's second cabinet]]
| 19 April 2007
| 126/200
| Centre Party<br />National Coalition Party<br />Green League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Mari Kiviniemi's cabinet|Kiviniemi's cabinet]]
| 22 June 2010
| 126/200
| Centre Party<br />National Coalition Party<br />Green League<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Jyrki Katainen's cabinet|Katainen's cabinet]]
| 22 June 2011
| 124/200
112/200
| National Coalition Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Left Alliance (−2014)<br />Green League<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Christian Democrats
|-
| [[Alexander Stubb's cabinet|Stubb's cabinet]]
| 24 June 2014
| 112/200
102/200
| National Coalition Party<br />Social Democratic Party<br />Green League (−2014)<br />Swedish People's Party<br />Christian Democrats
|-
| [[Sipilä Cabinet|Sipilä's cabinet]]
| 29 May 2015
| 124/200
105/200
| Centre Party<br />[[Finns Party]] (−2017)<br />National Coalition Party<br />[[Blue Reform]] (2017−)
|-
| [[Rinne Cabinet|Rinne's cabinet]]
| 6 June 2019
| 117/200
| Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party<br />Green League<br />Left Alliance<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Marin Cabinet|Marin's Cabinet]]
| 10 December 2019
| 117/200
| Social Democratic Party<br />Centre Party<br/>Green League<br />Left Alliance<br />Swedish People's Party
|-
| [[Orpo Cabinet]]<br />''Incumbent''
| 20 June 2023
| 109/200
| National Coalition Party<br />Finns Party<br/>Swedish People's Party<br />Christian Democrats
|}

==See also==
*[[Politics of Finland]]
*[[Diet of Finland]]
*[[Finnish Civil War]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://government.fi}}
* [https://mot.kielikone.fi/mot/valter/netmot.exe?UI=en80 Finnish Government Termbank Valter]
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