Minister of Employment (Finland)

The Minister of Employment (Finnish: työministeri,[1] Swedish: arbetsminister[2]) is one of the 17 ministerial portfolios represented in the Finnish Government. Along with the Minister of Economic Affairs, the Minister of Employment is located at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.[3]

List of Ministers of Labor and Employment[4][5]

No.	Portrait	Minister	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	1 March 1970	14 May 1970	74 days	Social Democratic	Koivisto I
2		Esa Timonen (1925–2015)	14 May 1970	15 July 1970	62 days	Independent	Aura I
(1)		Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	15 July 1970	29 October 1971	1 year, 106 days	Social Democratic	Aura I Karjalainen II
3		Keijo Liinamaa (1929–1980)	29 October 1971	23 February 1972	117 days	Independent	Aura II
(1)		Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	23 February 1972	4 September 1972	194 days	Social Democratic	Paasio II
4		Valde Nevalainen (1919–1994)	4 September 1972	13 June 1975	2 years, 282 days	Social Democratic	Sorsa I
5		Ilmo Paananen (1927–2014)	13 June 1975	30 November 1975	170 days	Independent	Liinamaa
6		Paavo Aitio (1918–1989)	30 November 1975	29 September 1976	304 days	People's Democratic	Miettunen II
7		Paavo Väyrynen (born 1946)	29 September 1976	15 May 1977	228 days	Centre	Miettunen III
8		Arvo Aalto (born 1932)	15 May 1977	20 March 1981	3 years, 309 days	People's Democratic	Sorsa II Koivisto II
9		Jouko Kajanoja (born 1942)	20 March 1981	31 December 1982	1 year, 286 days	People's Democratic	Koivisto II Sorsa III
(1)		Veikko Helle (1911–2005)	31 December 1982	6 May 1983	126 days	Social Democratic	Sorsa III
10		Urpo Leppänen (1944–2010)	6 May 1983	30 April 1987	3 years, 359 days	Rural Party	Sorsa IV
11		Matti Puhakka (born 1945)	30 April 1987	26 April 1991	3 years, 361 days	Social Democratic	Holkeri
12		Ilkka Kanerva (born 1948)	26 April 1991	13 April 1995	3 years, 352 days	National Coalition	Aho
13		Liisa Jaakonsaari (born 1945)	13 April 1995	15 April 1999	4 years, 2 days	Social Democratic	Lipponen I
14		Sinikka Mönkäre (born 1947)	15 April 1999	25 February 2000	316 days	Social Democratic	Lipponen II
15		Tarja Filatov (born 1963)	25 February 2000	19 April 2007	7 years, 53 days	Social Democratic	Lipponen II Jäätteenmäki Vanhanen I
16		Tarja Cronberg (born 1943)	19 April 2007	26 June 2009	2 years, 68 days	Green League	Vanhanen II
17		Anni Sinnemäki (born 1973)	26 June 2009	22 June 2011	1 year, 361 days	Green League	Vanhanen II Kiviniemi
18		Lauri Ihalainen (born 1947)	22 June 2011	29 May 2015	3 years, 341 days	Social Democratic	Katainen Stubb
19		Jari Lindström (born 1965)	29 May 2015	6 June 2019	4 years, 8 days	Finns	Sipilä
20		Timo Harakka (born 1962)	6 June 2019	10 December 2019	187 days	Social Democratic	Rinne
21		Tuula Haatainen (born 1960)	10 December 2019	Incumbent	240 days	Social Democratic	Marin

References

1. "Työministeri". Valtioneuvosto (in Finnish). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
2. "Arbetsminister". Valtioneuvosto (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-03-24.
3. "Ministers". Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
4. "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor force". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
5. "Finnish Government - Ministers of Labor". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Retrieved 14 April 2018.