Details of minister
Fagerholm, Karl-August
3474
Days in office
Date and place of birth: 31.12.1901 Siuntio
Served as minister
Government and time in office | Title | Party | Days in office |
---|---|---|---|
44. Fagerholm III | |||
4.12.1958 - 13.1.1959 | Minister for Foreign Affairs | SDP | 41 |
29.8.1958 - 13.1.1959 | Prime Minister | SDP | 138 |
40. Fagerholm II | |||
3.3.1956 - 27.5.1957 | Prime Minister | SDP | 451 |
32. Fagerholm | |||
29.7.1948 - 17.3.1950 | Prime Minister | SDP | 597 |
28. Castren U. | |||
21.9.1944 - 17.11.1944 | Minister of Social Affairs | SDP | 58 |
26. Linkomies | |||
5.3.1943 - 17.12.1943 | Minister of Social Affairs | SDP | 288 |
25. Rangell | |||
4.1.1941 - 5.3.1943 | Minister of Social Affairs | SDP | 791 |
24. Ryti II | |||
27.3.1940 - 4.1.1941 | Minister of Social Affairs | SDP | 284 |
23. Ryti | |||
1.12.1939 - 27.3.1940 | Minister of Social Affairs | SDP | 118 |
22. Cajander III | |||
9.11.1937 - 1.12.1939 | Minister of Social Affairs | SDP | 753 |
Total | 3474 |
State secretaries and advisers to the minister
Adviser | Government | Time in office |
---|---|---|
Salonen, Ahti | 44. Fagerholm III | 29.8.1958 - 13.1.1959 |
Pitsinki, Kaarlo | 40. Fagerholm II | 3.3.1956 - 27.5.1957 |
Teerimäki, Niilo S. | 32. Fagerholm | 6.8.1948 - 17.3.1950 |
28.2.2021 5.56. Information system on ministers, Government Communications Department
110 years of women's right to vote in Finland – in the 21st century, roughly half of all Finnish ministers are women
1.6.2016
11.30

110 years ago today women in Finland were given the right to vote and to stand for elected office. In their day, universal suffrage and the Parliament Act of 1906 that enacted a unicameral parliament were progressive.
The first female minister was Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Miina Sillanpää in Prime Minister Väinö Tanner's Government in 1926. The next female ministers came several decades later, however. In the 21st century nearly half of all ministers have been female. Two women have held the office of Prime Minister, Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi.