On Friday 29 May 2015, the President of the Republic appointed Finland’s 74th Government. At the same time, the President of the Republic released the ministers of Alexander Stubb's Government from their duties. The Government headed by Prime Minister Juha Sipilä consists of 14 ministers. The Centre Party has six ministerial posts. The Finns Party and the National Coalition Party have four ministerial posts each.

On Friday 29 May, the President of the Republic will appoint Finland’s 74th Government at a presidential session starting at 10.00. At the same time, the President of the Republic will release the ministers of Alexander Stubb's Government from their duties. The Government headed by Prime Minister Juha Sipilä will consist of 14 ministers. The Centre Party will have six ministerial posts. The Finns Party and the National Coalition Party will have four ministerial posts each.

On Wednesday, 27 May, the negotiators to form a new government reached agreement on the government programme and the allocation of ministerial posts.

The new government will comprise 14 ministers: 6 representing the Centre Party, 4 the Finns Party and 4 the National Coalition Party.

The government formation talks, which started in the beginning of May, have been brought to a conclusion. The final press conference of the negotiations will be held at 14.00 on Wednesday 27 May. The agreement on a new government programme,  the  number of ministers per party and the division of responsibilities between ministers will be published at the press conference. 

All key issues of the government formation talks have been resolved. The Government Programme is being finalised on Tuesday in the Government Banquet Hall. Juha Sipilä, leader of the government formation talks, said yesterday that the number of ministries will remain at  twelve. Negotiations will continue on the number of ministers and the contents of their portfolios.

The final press conference of the negotiations will be held at 14.00 on Wednesday 27 May.

The negotiations to form a new government are continuing today on Monday in the Government Banquet Hall. Yesterday, the parties to the government formations talks agreed on a EUR 1.6 billion investment package to increase repair activities and promote the strategic flagship initiatives. According to the negotiation steering group, party leaders Juha Sipilä, Timo Soini and Alexander Stubb, the programme will be implemented over the next three years.

Discussions on the composition of the ministries and number of ministers will continue on Monday.

According to Sipilä, all key issues have now been resolved. Information on the outcome will be given at a press conference on Wednesday 27 May. If the schedule holds, the new government will be appointed on Friday 29 May. Sipilä also said on Sunday that in June the new Government will work in an open floor-plan office together with key officials to draw up the Government Action Plan. The ministers will move to their new ministries only after this has been accomplished.

The parties to the government formations talks have agreed on a EUR 1.6 billion investment package to increase repair activities and promote the strategic flagship initiatives. According to the negotiation steering group, party leaders Juha Sipilä, Timo Soini and Alexander Stubb, the programme will be implemented over the next three years.

Discussions on the composition of the ministries and number of ministers will continue on Monday morning at 08.30.

Sipilä said that all key issues have now been resolved. Information on the outcome will be given at a press conference on Wednesday, 27 May. Sipilä also said that in June the new Government will work in an open floor-plan office together with key civil servants to draw up the Government Action Plan. The ministers will move to their new ministries only after this has been accomplished.

The negotiations to form a new government continue on Sunday in the Government Banquet Hall under the leader of the government formation talks, Juha Sipilä. The key economy and taxation guidelines were agreed upon yesterday. Today, the party leaders will examine, for example, the composition of the ministries.

"Today, we will examine certain unresolved issues and make sure that we have a common understanding of the made decisions", Sipilä said in the morning.

The negotiations to form a new government continued on Saturday in the Government Banquet Hall with leader of the government formation talks Juha Sipilä at the helm. Agreement was reached at the negotiations on key guidelines relating to the economy and taxation, party leaders Sipilä, Soini and Stubb said in the evening. The negotiations will resume at noon on Sunday.

The negotiations to form a new government continue on Saturday in the Government Banquet Hall with leader of the government formation talks Juha Sipilä at the helm.

The day's agenda includes solving economic and tax issues and working out reforms. "Saturday is a day of important decisions at the government formation talks”, Sipilä said on Friday evening.

The negotiations to form a new government continued on Friday in the Government Banquet Hall. Juha Sipilä who leads the negotiations told the media in the evening that good progress has been made today. On Saturday the talks will continue at 10.00.

The negotiations to form a new government will start in the Government Banquet Hall on Friday by noon, somewhat later than on most days. An updated list of experts consulted by the working groups was published on Thursday.

The negotiations to form a new government will start on Thursday by noon, somewhat later than on most days. In the press conference on Wednesday, party leaders Juha Sipilä, Timo Soini and Alexander Stubb described the effectiveness of the government's austerity and structural reform programme and the steps of the social welfare and  health care reform decision.

The negotiations to form a new government continued on Wednesday in the Government Banquet Hall. In the afternoon press conference, party leaders Juha Sipilä, Timo Soini and Alexander Stubb described the effectiveness of the government's austerity and structural reform programme and the steps of the social welfare and  health care reform decision.

The negotiations to form a new government will continue today on Wednesday in the Government Banquet Hall. The leader of government formation talks Juha Sipilä expects a decision on the social welfare and health care reform today. Economic issues are a priority in the negotiations during the entire week.

The government formation talks continued on Tuesday in the Government Banquet Hall. In the press conference, leader of government formation talks Juha Sipilä told that the list of savings has been examined by the working groups today. On Tuesday night, the party leaders will concentrate on the social welfare and health care reform and the flagship initiatives. The negotiations have focused on economic issues during the whole week.

Government formation talks will continue today on Thursday in the Government Banquet Hall. Working groups started their meetings at nine in the morning. A press conference will be held at 16.30 and it will be broadcast live at vn.fi/live.

The government formation talks working groups which prepared guidelines for Finland's EU policy, migration policy and foreign and security policy concluded their work on Wednesday 13 May.

The government formation talks continue in the Government Banquet Hall on Wednesday with meetings of some of the working groups. The press conference at 15.30 will focus on the guidelines for foreign and security policy, migration policy and Finland's EU policy. Work of the strategy group will also be discussed. Preparation of economic issues and a number of new working groups will also start today.

Negotiations to form a new government have proceeded more rapidly than expected. Groups preparing guidelines for Finland's EU policy, foreign and security policy and migration policy are expected to get their work done still on Tuesday. Tomorrow on Wednesday the press conference will be held at 15.30 when the results of the groups will be told.

Negotiations to form a new government will continue with working group meetings on Tuesday 12 May in the Government Banquet Hall. The government strategy group and groups preparing guidelines for Finland's EU policy, foreign and security policy and immigration policy convene today.

Government formation talks continued on Monday at the Government Banquet Hall with preparation of the government strategy. Drafting of EU and immigration policies started in working groups in the morning. The group on foreign and security policy will begin its work on Monday evening. Leader of government formation talks Juha Sipilä and chairs Timo Soini and Alexander Stubb told about progress in the negotiations at a press conference on Monday.

The negotiations to form a new government began on Friday 8 May in the Government Banquet Hall with leader of the government formation talks Juha Sipilä at the helm.

The parliamentary groups of the Centre Party, the Finns Party and the National Coalition decided on Thursday to start negotiations to form a strong and stable majority government.

Speaker of Parliament Juha Sipilä, leader of the preliminary discussions on the formation of a new government, announced on Thursday 7 May the composition of parties entering into the government formation talks.

The parliamentary groups of the Centre Party, the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party will take part in the talks to be led by Sipilä. The negotiations will begin on Friday 8 May in the Government Banquet Hall.

On Thursday 30 April, the parliamentary groups gave their answers to Juha Sipilä, the leader of the preliminary discussions on the formation of a new government. On Tuesday of the same week, Sipilä had presented 15 questions to the groups with an aim on finding out the parties' opinions about key questions relating to the upcoming term of government.

Replies from parliamentary groups (in Finnish only)

Prime Minister Alexander Stubb has submitted the resignation of the Government to President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö in Mäntyniemi today, on 28 April 2015.