Rinne Cabinet

75th cabinet of Finland
Rinne's Cabinet

75th Cabinet of Finland
Date formed6 June 2019
Date dissolved10 December 2019
People and organisations
Head of stateSauli Niinistö
Head of governmentAntti Rinne
No. of ministers19
Member partiesSocial Democratic Party
Centre Party
Green League
Left Alliance
Swedish People's Party
Status in legislatureMajority
117 / 200 (59%)
Opposition party
History
Election(s)2019 parliamentary election
Incoming formationSocial Democratic Party
Centre Party
Green League
Left Alliance
Swedish People's Party
PredecessorSipilä Cabinet
SuccessorMarin Cabinet

The cabinet of Antti Rinne was the 75th government of Finland. It was formed following the parliamentary election of 2019 and was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistö on 6 June 2019.[1] The cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party, the Centre Party, the Green League, the Left Alliance, and the Swedish People's Party. The cabinet's Prime Minister was Antti Rinne.

This government was the first centre-left coalition to lead Finland since the Lipponen II Cabinet in 2003. The Rinne coalition had a total of 117 seats (58.5%) in the 200-seat parliament.

Rinne announced the resignation of his government due to mishandling a postal strike on 3 December 2019. It continued its term as a caretaker government until a new government, the Marin Cabinet, was formed.

Ministers

Rinne Cabinet announcing their Government Programme at Oodi, June 2019

The Rinne cabinet comprised 19 ministers: seven ministers from the Social Democratic Party, five ministers from the Centre Party, three from the Green League, and two each from the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party.[2]

The constitution requires ministers to be "honest and competent". The nomination of Centre's Antti Kaikkonen as the Minister of Defence drew considerable controversy due to his previous conviction from political corruption. Historically, the interpretation of the "honest and competent" clause has been permissive: the most salient example would be Aarre Simonen, who was also successfully appointed in 1966 despite his conviction in 1961, also from corruption. Rinne had the question checked with the Chancellor of Justice and Kaikkonen was cleared to proceed. The motivation was that there had already been two elections in between where Kaikkonen had been re-elected, and Kaikkonen had been law-abiding since.[3]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister6 June 201910 December 2019 SDP
Minister deputising for the Prime Minister6 June 201912 September 2019 Centre
12 September 201910 December 2019 Centre
Minister of Finance6 June 201910 December 2019 Centre
Minister for Foreign Affairs6 June 201910 December 2019 Green
Minister of the Interior6 June 201910 December 2019 Green
Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade6 June 201910 December 2019 SDP
Minister of Justice6 June 201910 December 2019 RKP
Minister of Employment6 June 201910 December 2019 SDP
Minister of Defence6 June 201910 December 2019 Centre
Minister of Local Government and Ownership Steering6 June 201929 november 2019 SDP
Minister of Transport and Communications6 June 201910 December 2019 SDP
Minister of Education6 June 201910 December 2019 Left Alliance
Minister of Science and Culture6 June 20199 August 2019 Centre
9 August 201910 December 2019 Centre
Minister for European Affairs6 June 201910 December 2019 SDP
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change6 June 201910 December 2019 Green
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry6 June 201910 December 2019 Centre
Minister of Economic Affairs6 June 201910 December 2019 Centre
Minister of Social Affairs and Health6 June 201910 December 2019 Left Alliance
Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services6 June 201910 December 2019 SDP
Minister of Nordic Cooperation and Equality6 June 201910 December 2019 RKP

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See also

References

  • Programme of Prime Minister Antti Rinne’s Government 6 June 2019: Inclusive and competent Finland – A socially, economically and ecologically sustainable society. Helsinki: Finnish Government. 2019. ISBN 978-952-287-759-8.
  1. ^ "Government of Prime Minister Rinne appointed". Valtioneuvosto.
  2. ^ "Finland's new government: SDP, Centre dominate ministerial portfolios". yle. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Oikeuskansleri totesi Kaikkosen esteettömäksi puolustusministeriksi – vanhaa rikosta seurannut nuhteettomuus ja äänestäjien luottamus arviointikriteereinä". Yle Uutiset. 6 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Ministers". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  5. ^ "Katri Kulmunista pääministerin ensimmäinen sijainen". Valtioneuvosto. 12 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
Preceded by Antti Rinne's cabinet
6 June 2019 — 10 December 2019 		Succeeded by
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