MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS (FINLAND)

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The 'Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland' (in Finnish 'Ulkoasiainministeri', in Swedish 'Utrikesminister') handles Finland's Foreign affairs. The current Minister for Foreign Affairs is Ilkka Kanerva. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland promotes the security and prosperity of Finnish nationals and has three Ministers in the Council of State of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen:

★ 'Minister for Foreign Affairs' Ilkka Kanerva

★ 'Minister for Foreign Trade and Development' Paavo Väyrynen

★ 'Minister of the Environment' Paula Lehtomäki
The different Ministers´ responsibilities in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are divided as follows:
Minister Lehtomäki is responsible for external economic relations, development cooperation and she coordinates the policy on nearby areas; Minister Enestam is responsible for the Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation and Minister Tuomioja is responsible for all other Finnish foreign policy issues.

Contents

List of Ministers for Foreign Affairs

See also

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List of Ministers for Foreign Affairs

Period of Office	Minister for Foreign Affairs
1918	Otto Stenroth
1918-1919	Carl Enckell
1919-1922	Rudolf Holsti
1922	Carl Enckell
1922-1924	Juho Heikki Vennola
1924	Carl Enckell
1924-1925	Hjalmar Procopé
1925	Karl Idman
1925-1926	Emil Nestor Setälä
1926-1927	Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa
1927-1931	Hjalmar Procopé
1931-1932	Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
1932-1936	Anders Verner Hackzell
1936-1938	Rudolf Holsti
1938	Kaarle Väinö Voionmaa
1938-1939	Eljas Erkko
1939-1940	Väinö Tanner
1940-1943	Rolf Witting
1943-1944	Carl Henrik Ramsay
1944-1950	Carl Enckell
1950-1951	Åke Henrik Gartz
1951-1952	Sakari Tuomioja
1952-1953	Urho Kekkonen
1953-1954	Ralf Törngren
1954	Urho Kekkonen
1954-1956	Johannes Virolainen
1956-1957	Ralf Törngren
1957	Johannes Virolainen
1957-1958	Paavo Johannes Hynninen
1958	Johannes Virolainen
1958-1959	Karl-August Fagerholm
1959-1961	Ralf Törngren
1961	Vieno Johannes Sukselainen
1961-1962	Ahti Karjalainen
1962-1963	Veli Kaarlo Merikoski
1963-1964	Eino Jaakko Untamo Hallama
1964-1970	Ahti Karjalainen
1970-1971	Väinö Olavi Leskinen
1971-1972	Olavi Johannes Mattila
1972	Kalevi Sorsa
1972-1975	Ahti Karjalainen
1975	Olavi Johannes Mattila
1975-1976	Kalevi Sorsa
1976-1977	Keijo Tero Korhonen
1977-1982	Paavo Väyrynen
1982-1983	Pär Olav Mikael Stenbäck
1983-1987	Paavo Väyrynen
1987-1989	Kalevi Sorsa
1989 - 1991	Pertti Paasio
1991 - 1993	Paavo Väyrynen
1993 - 1995	Heikki Johannes Haavisto
1995	Paavo Rantanen
1995 - 2000	Tarja Halonen
2000- 2007	Erkki Tuomioja
2007- present	Ilkka Kanerva

See also

★ Antti Turunen, head of the Foreign Ministry's Eastern European and Central Asian department

External links

★ The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland