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44th Prime Minister of Finland

Key facts

President
Sauli Niinistö
Deputy
Timo Soini , Petteri Orpo
Preceded by
Alexander Stubb
Succeeded by
Antti Rinne
Constituency
Oulu
Born
( 1961-04-25 ) 25 April 1961 (age 65) , Veteli , Central Ostrobothnia , Finland
Party
Centre
Spouse
Minna-Maaria Juntunen
Alma mater
University of Oulu
Allegiance
Finland
Branch service
Finnish Army
Rank
Captain

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Petri
Gender
male
Citizenship
Finland
Place of birth
Veteli
Occupation
engineer
Political party
Centre Party
Languages spoken
Finnish
Official website
www.juhasi.fi
Image
Juha Sipila in Stockholm, Sweden on April 17, 2018 (cropped).JPG
Number of children
5
Work location
Helsinki
Residence
Sipoo
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date of birth
1961-04-25
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birth name
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Encyclopedic overview

Sipilä in Vaasa, 2015 Juha Petri Sipilä (born 25 April 1961) is a former Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2019. A relative newcomer to politics, he had a successful background in business. He was the leader of the Centre Party from 2012 to 2019. After leading the Centre party to victory in the 2015 general election, Sipilä formed a centre-right coalition and was appointed prime minister by the Finnish Parliament on 29 May 2015. On 8 March 2019, Sipilä stated his intention to resign as prime minister, citing difficulties in reforming Finland's health care system. President Sauli Niinistö asked him to continue with a caretaker government until a new government coalition was appointed on 6 June 2019 and was ultimately succeeded by Antti Rinne.

Education and military service

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