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Antti Rinne | |
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.jpg) Rinne in 2019 | |
| Prime Minister of Finland | |
| In office 6 June 2019 – 10 December 2019 | |
| President | Sauli Niinistö |
| Deputy | Mika Lintilä Katri Kulmuni |
| Preceded by | Juha Sipilä |
| Succeeded by | Sanna Marin |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Finland | |
| In office 6 June 2014 – 29 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb |
| Preceded by | Jutta Urpilainen |
| Succeeded by | Timo Soini |
| Speaker of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 24 April 2019 – 5 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Paula Risikko |
| Succeeded by | Matti Vanhanen |
| Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland | |
| In office 11 December 2019 – 16 December 2020 | |
| Speaker | Matti Vanhanen Anu Vehviläinen |
| Preceded by | Tuula Haatainen |
| Succeeded by | Tarja Filatov |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 6 June 2014 – 29 May 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Jyrki Katainen Alexander Stubb |
| Preceded by | Jutta Urpilainen |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Stubb |
| Leader of the Social Democratic Party | |
| In office 9 May 2014 – 22 August 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Jutta Urpilainen |
| Succeeded by | Sanna Marin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1962-11-03)3 November 1962 (age 63) |
| Political party | Social Democratic |
| Spouse | Heta Ravolainen |
| Education | University of Helsinki |
Antti Juhani Rinne (Finnish pronunciation:[ˈɑntːiˈjuhɑniˈrinːe]; born 3 November 1962) is a Finnish politician who served asspeaker of the Parliament of Finland from April to June 2019 andPrime Minister of Finland from June to December 2019. He led theSocial Democratic Party from 2014 until 2020. In August 2023, he was hired as theGeneral Secretary ofSAMAK for a three-year term.[1]
A lawyer by profession, Rinne holds aCandidate of Law degree from theUniversity of Helsinki.[2] He served as chair of the Union of Private Sector Professionals (ERTO) from 2002 to 2005, theUnion of Salaried Employees from 2005 to 2010, as well asTrade Union Pro from 2010 to 2014.
Rinne was elected chairman of theSocial Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) on 9 May 2014, defeatingJutta Urpilainen.[3] In 2017, hewas elected for a second term as chair of the Social Democratic Party.
He wasMinister of Finance andDeputy Prime Minister of Finland between 2014 and 2015 and has been aMember of Parliament since 2015[4][5] until 2023. In the2019 parliamentary election, Rinne led the Social Democrats to victory and served as Speaker of Parliament before being appointed Prime Minister on 6 June 2019.[6]
Rinne and his cabinet resigned on 3 December 2019, when theCentre Party withdrew its support[7] due to the2019 Finnish postal strike.PresidentSauli Niinistö asked him to continue with acaretaker government until a new government was appointed.[8] On 10 December 2019,Sanna Marin was appointed asPrime Minister of Finland.[9]
On 11 December 2019, Rinne was elected as the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, replacingTuula Haatainen, who was then named as the Minister of Employment in theMarin Cabinet.[10]
Rinne ran in the2023 Finnish parliamentary election, but was not re-elected.[11] In August 2023, Rinne was hired as the General Secretary ofSAMAK for a three-year term.[1]
In 2017, Antti Rinne provoked some controversy byencouraging Finns to reproduce.[12]
Antti Rinne was convicted of organizing an illegal strike with thetrade union Pro against theforest industry. The conviction was upheld by anappellate court with an additional decision at the end of 2018 which also ordered Rinne to pay fines and legal costs to Metsäteollisuus, and advocacy group for the forest industry.[13][14]
Rinne had to resign from an ACP (Automotive, Cargo and Ports worker's union,Finnish:AKT) lawyer position, because he had charged twice for the same work-related commute. According to him, it had been the result of negligence and amounted to only aboutFIM 1,000 (€200). In 2005, the President of the ACP stated in an interview with theSuomen Kuvalehti that it was actually FIM 10,000 (€2,000).[15]
In a second court case discussed, Rinne was the manager of a housing company inLohja, Finland. TheSuomen Kuvalehti reported that he had failed to return the receipts for the year and had paid for his own telephone bill from the housing company's bank account. FIM 25,000 (€5,000) of damages were claimed from him by the housing company.[16]
In 2022, Rinne applied for the position ofMayor of Lohja. Rinne's party has had a long history of governing Lohja, but 2022’s election results shifted the city council to the right. The city council started deciding on the next mayor in May 2022. The mayor's selection group was led byJoona Räsänen, but he recused himself, as Rinne is his godparent.[17]
Rinne was awarded theSwedish Assembly of Finland medal of merit in 2024.[18][19]
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Social Democratic Party 2014–2020 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Deputy Prime Minister of Finland 2014–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Minister of Finance 2014–2015 | Succeeded by | |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Finland 6 June – 10 December 2019 | Succeeded by |
