Governments and ministers since 1917
On this page, you can browse information about the governments of Finland by name, term, number of days in office or Prime Minister’s political party and see whether the government was a majority, minority or caretaker government. Ministers can be organised by name, political party and total number of days as minister. Information is available for all governments of Finland since it gained independence.
Väinö Leskinen
Personal details
Date and place of birth: 8.3.1917 Helsinki
Days in office 2195
Ministerial duties
- Karjalainen II - Minister for Foreign Affairs 15.7.1970 - 29.10.1971 (The Finnish Social Democratic Party)
- Aura - Minister for Foreign Affairs 14.5.1970 - 15.7.1970 (Occupation/Public Official)
- Koivisto - Minister at the Ministry of Trade and Industry 22.3.1968 - 14.5.1970 (The Finnish Social Democratic Party)
- Fagerholm III - Minister of Social Affairs 29.8.1958 - 13.1.1959 (The Finnish Social Democratic Party)
- Kekkonen V - Minister of the Interior 20.10.1954 - 30.9.1955 (The Finnish Social Democratic Party)
- Törngren - Minister of the Interior 5.5.1954 - 20.10.1954 (The Finnish Social Democratic Party)
- Kekkonen III - Minister of Social Affairs 26.11.1952 - 9.7.1953 (The Finnish Social Democratic Party)