Spouses of Presidents of Finland
The current spouse of the President of Finland is Jenni Haukio, wife of President Sauli Niinistö, who has held the position since March 1, 2012.
Spouses of the President of Finland | |
---|---|
Inaugural holder | Ester Ståhlberg |
Formation | July 26, 1919 |
The only man to have been spouse of a President of Finland is Pentti Arajärvi, the husband of former President Tarja Halonen, who served from 2000 to 2012.
Spouses
Spouse (born-died) |
President | In office | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Vacant | K. J. Ståhlberg | 1919–1920 | Ståhlberg, a widower, married Esther Ståhlberg during his term. |
Ester Ståhlberg (1870–1950) |
1920–1925 | ||
Signe Relander (1886–1962) |
L.K. Relander | 1925–1931 | |
Ellen Svinhufvud (1869–1953) |
P.E. Svinhufvud | 1931–1937 | |
Kaisa Kallio (1878–1954) |
Kyösti Kallio | 1937–1940 | |
Gerda Ryti (1886–1984) |
Risto Ryti | 1940–1944 | |
Vacant | Gustaf Mannerheim | 1944–1946 | Mannerheim, a divorcé, had separated from his wife Anastasie Mannerheim in 1919 and never remarried. |
Alli Paasikivi (1879–1960) |
J.K. Paasikivi | 1946–1956 | |
Sylvi Kekkonen (1900–1974) |
Urho Kekkonen | 1956–1974 (her death) | |
Vacant | 1974–1982 | ||
Tellervo Koivisto (born 1929) |
Mauno Koivisto | 1982–1994 | |
Eeva Ahtisaari (born 1936) |
Martti Ahtisaari | 1994–2000 | |
Pentti Arajärvi (born 1948) |
Tarja Halonen | 2000–2012 | Halonen and Arajärvi, who had been together for decades, married during her term. |
Jenni Haukio (born 1977) |
Sauli Niinistö | 2012– |
gollark: Also, law is often pretty stupid.
gollark: Meh, the ToS of these things is generally stupid anyway.
gollark: Anyway, it just seems that sascha/rph horribly overreacted and wrecked everything after tako did a thing.
gollark: You're not related here.
gollark: Hmm. Well.
References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.