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3.12.2025 | Brigadier General Matti Honko, an officer of the Finnish Defence Forces, will serve on special assignment as adviser to the commander of the 10th Mountain Division of the United States Army as of 1 December 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finnish-brigadier-general-matti-honko-to-serve-on-special-assignment-to-10th-mountain-division-of-united-states-army
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7.10.2025 | In its meeting on Tuesday 7 October, the Government discussed a preliminary study completed by the Ministry of Justice that will serve as a basis for a parliamentary assessment of the effects of NATO membership on the division of powers between state bodies.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/parliamentary-working-group-to-assess-effects-of-nato-membership-on-division-of-powers-between-state-bodies
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Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers/ministers/-/min/orpo/eurooppa-ja-omistajaohjausministeri
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Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers/ministers/-/min/orpo/minister-for-european-affairs-and-ownership-steering
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Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers/ministers/-/min/orpo/opetusministeri
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Governments and ministers You can browse the information on the site by government, minister, ministerial title and ministry. All ministers are listed for each government, along with their terms of office. The information on individual ministers i...https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments-and-ministers/ministers/-/min/orpo/minister-of-education
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28.10.2024 | The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has appointed Niina Oresmaa as Director of the Division of Basic Public Services, Legal Rights and Permits at the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. She will take up her duties on 1 November 2024. The term of her appointment will last until 31 December 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/niina-oresmaa-appointed-director-of-division-of-basic-public-services-legal-rights-and-permits-at-regional-state-administrative-agency-for-southern-finland
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13.11.2025 | On Thursday 13 November 2025, the Government appointed a parliamentary working group that will assess and, if necessary, put forth justified proposals for developing practices or legislation concerning NATO matters. The work will be based on an assignment from the Constitutional Law Committee and a preliminary study completed by the Ministry of Justice in October 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/government-appoints-parliamentary-working-group-to-assess-and-develop-practices-and-legislation-related-to-nato
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11.11.2025 | Finland’s Ministry of Defence and NATO’s Defence Investment Division co-host NATO’s first Arctic Space Forum in Helsinki on 11–12 November.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/236553176/finland-hosts-nato-s-arctic-space-forum
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15.2.2023 | The programme for ensuring the sufficiency and availability of healthcare and social welfare personnel, which was launched by Minister Krista Kiuru, will end as the parliamentary term draws to a close. The aim of the programme has been to find solutions to meet the labour needs of the healthcare and social welfare sector now and in the coming years.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/sufficiency-and-availability-of-healthcare-and-social-welfare-personnel-to-be-ensured-through-the-appropriate-division-of-responsibilities
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12.6.2025 | On 12 June, the Government appointed Kirsti Laine-Hendolin, Master of Arts (Education), to the post of Director General of the Ministry of Education and Culture for the period from 1 September 2025 to 31 July 2030. The Director General is the head of the Ministry’s Department for Youth and Sport Policy.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/kirsti-laine-hendolin-appointed-as-new-director-general-of-the-department-for-youth-and-sport-policy
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5.9.2025 | The updated strategy for the Team Finland network provides a strong basis for Finnish businesses' exports and international growth. The strategy will guide the network’s operations to make them more effective and client-oriented in the shifting geoeconomic environment.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410877/new-strategy-for-team-finland-network-to-enhance-international-market-access-for-businesses
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6.6.2022 | The determined promotion of exports and internationalisation in Finnish business life is increasingly important. An efficiently operating Team Finland network plays a key role in this. According to an assessment published by the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities on 6 June, the operating model of the network has clearly developed but there is still room for improvement in the network activities.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/assessment-the-team-finland-operating-model-has-clearly-improved-the-internal-division-of-tasks-and-the-service-promise-must-be-further-clarified
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16.5.2025 | Minister of Education Anders Adlercreutz will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican on Sunday 18 May. According to the Government's division of duties, church affairs fall within Minister Adlercreutz's remit.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410845/minister-adlercreutz-to-attend-papal-inauguration
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29.10.2025 | As part of the lecture series "Raffles lecture" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore Minister Elina Valtonen delivered the following speech on 28th October 2025.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/lecture-by-minister-elina-valtonen-at-the-iiss-in-singapore
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New powers for Finnish Border Guard to prevent and investigate certain offences - Finnish Government
18.6.2025 | The Finnish Border Guard will be given new powers concerning the prevention and investigation of human trafficking offences and money laundering offences. The Government submitted the Act on Crime Prevention by the Finnish Border Guard and certain other acts for approval on 18 June. The President of the Republic is scheduled to approve the amendments on 27 June, and they will enter into force on 1 September.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/new-powers-for-finnish-border-guard-to-prevent-and-investigate-certain-offences- -
13.6.2025 | On 13 June, the President of the Republic appointed Member of Parliament, PhD Sakari Puisto to serve as Minister of Economic Affairs and as a member of the Government, and Member of Parliament, entrepreneur and Olympic athlete Mika Poutala as Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity and as a member of the Government.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/sakari-puisto-appointed-to-serve-as-minister-of-economic-affairs-mika-poutala-as-minister-of-youth-sport-and-physical-activity
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Matti Sarasmaa appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior - Finnish Government
19.12.2024 | On 19 December, the Government appointed General Staff Officer Matti Sarasmaa, Chief of Division, as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior. He will take up his new post on 1 February 2025 and his term of office will last for five years.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1410869/matti-sarasmaa-appointed-as-permanent-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-the-interior -
23.8.2019 | Hanna Hänninen, Juho Orjala and Jiri Sironen serve as Special Advisers to Aino-Kaisa Pekonen, Minister of Social Affairs and Health.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/sosiaali-ja-terveysministeri-pekosen-erityisavustajien-tyonjako-paivitetty
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23.8.2019 | Laura Lindeberg, Sampo Varjonen and Timo Lehtinen serve as Special Advisers to Krista Kiuru, Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services.https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/1271139/perhe-ja-peruspalveluministeri-kiurun-erityisavustajien-tyonjako-paivitetty