Rinne's Cabinet | |
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 75th Cabinet ofFinland | |
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| Date formed | 6 June 2019 |
| Date dissolved | 10 December 2019 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of state | Sauli Niinistö |
| Head of government | Antti Rinne |
| No. of ministers | 19 |
| Member parties | Social Democratic Party Centre Party Green League Left Alliance Swedish People's Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority government (coalition) |
| Opposition party | |
| History | |
| Election | 2019 parliamentary election |
| Incoming formation | Social Democratic Party Centre Party Green League Left Alliance Swedish People's Party |
| Predecessor | Sipilä Cabinet |
| Successor | Marin Cabinet |
Thecabinet of Antti Rinne was the 75thgovernment of Finland. It was formed following theparliamentary election of 2019 and was formally appointed byPresidentSauli Niinistö on 6 June 2019.[1] The cabinet consisted of a coalition formed by theSocial Democratic Party, theCentre Party, theGreen League, theLeft Alliance, and theSwedish People's Party. The cabinet'sPrime Minister wasAntti Rinne.
This government was the firstcentre-left coalition to lead Finland since theLipponen II Cabinet in 2003. The Rinne coalition had a total of 117 seats (58.5%) in the 200-seatparliament.
Rinne announced the resignation of his government due tomishandling a postal strike on 3 December 2019. It continued its term as a caretaker government until a new government, theMarin Cabinet, was formed.
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'sAntti Kaikkonen as the Minister of Defence drew considerable controversy due to his previous conviction frompolitical corruption. Historically, the interpretation of the "honest and competent" clause has been permissive: the most salient example would beAarre 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]
| Preceded by | Antti Rinne's cabinet 6 June 2019 — 10 December 2019 | Succeeded by |
