Contact details
Secretary to the Minister
Ms Miia Maffeo
State Secretary to the Prime Minister
Mr Henrik Haapajärvi
Tel. +358 9 1602 2006
State Under-Secretary for European Affairs
Mr Jari Luoto
Tel. +358 295 160 965
Advisers
Mr Joonas Rahkola, Special Adviser (Economic Affairs)
Tel. +358 295 160 998
Mr Niilo Toivonen, Special Adviser (parliamentary affairs)
Tel. +358 50 491 5650
Ms Tuulia Pitkänen, Special Adviser (political affairs)
Tel. +358 295 160 231
Ms Iida Vallin, Special Adviser (communication and media relations)
Tel. +358 295 160 947
Mr Lauri Voionmaa, Special Adviser (international affairs)
Tel. +358 295 160 306
Ms Saara Pokki, Special Adviser (EU affairs)
Tel. +358 295 160 620
Ms Mila Kangasniemi, Coordinator
Tel. +358 295 161 038
Prime Minister's Office
Snellmaninkatu 1 A, Helsinki
PO Box 23
FI-00023 Government, Finland
[email protected]
Current issues
Saara Pokki appointed Special Adviser to the Prime Minister in EU Affairs
Prime Minister Marin to attend meeting of Nordic prime ministers in Norway
Prime Minister Marin expresses her condolences following the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
European Council discussed economic issues
European Council granted candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova
Prime Minister Marin to attend EU summits in Brussels
Prime Minister Marin met President Milanović and Prime Minister Plenković in Croatia
Prime Minister Marin visited Albania and met Prime Minister Rama
Prime Minister Marin met leaders of North Macedonia
Prime Minister Marin met Montenegro’s Prime Minister Abazović and President of Parliament Đurović
Personal details
Prime Minister 10 December 2019 to present
Party Leader, Master of Administrative Sciences, Member of Parliament
Social Democratic Party
Date and place of birth: 16 November 1985, Helsinki
Place of residence: Tampere
Political career
Prime Minister 10 December 2019 to present
Minister of Transport and Communications (Rinne), 6 June 2019–10 December 2019
Social Democratic Party, Party Leader 23 August 2020 to present, 1st Deputy Party Leader 2017–2020, 2nd Deputy Party Leader 2014–2017
Member of Parliament, 2015 to present
Parliament work
Tampere City Council, Chair 2013–2017, Member 2017–2021
Council of Tampere Region, Member 2013–2016
Other information
Family: spouse and child
Interests: outdoor activities
Language skills: Finnish, English, Swedish
Profile
Sanna Marin was born in Helsinki on 16 November 1985. She spent her childhood in Pirkkala and now lives in nearby Tampere with her husband and their daughter Emma (b. 2018).
Having completed her general upper secondary education in 2004, Marin took a Master’s degree in Administration Sciences at the University of Tampere in 2017. Her Master’s thesis, entitled ‘Finland, a country of Mayors’, looked into the professionalisation process of political leadership in Finnish cities.
In 2015, Marin was elected to Parliament for her first run. There she has been member of the Grand Committee, Legal Affairs Committee and Environment Committee. She is member of Tampere city council, which she chaired in 2013–2017.
In 2014, Marin was elected as a second deputy party leader of the Social Democratic Party, and since 2017 she has served as the First Deputy Party Leader. In August 2020, Marin was elected as Chair of the Social Democratic Party.
Marin has been actively engaged in politics since 2006. “Being involved and making a difference represent civil rights for me. Changing things takes commitment. The welfare state or the ground rules for working life should not be taken for granted; they are the result of hard work and determined efforts.”
Environmental values are also close to Sanna Marin’s heart: “Climate change and loss of biodiversity are some of the biggest problems of our times. Addressing them takes strong political will and determination.”
During the government formation talks in spring 2019, Marin chaired the negotiating table that addressed the theme ‘Carbon neutral Finland that protects biodiversity’. She served as Minister of Transport and Communications in the Rinne Government.
Sanna Marin was appointed Prime Minister on 10 December 2019. Marin is the third female Prime Minister of Finland and the youngest prime minister in Finland’s history.
Further information
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