Petteri Orpo

Antti Petteri Orpo, born November 3, 1969, has served as Prime Minister of Finland since June 20, 2023, and as leader of the National Coalition Party since 2016. He has been a member of the Finnish Parliament since 2007 and previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Finance, Deputy Prime Minister, and briefly as Speaker of Parliament before forming his government. His National Coalition Party won the 2023 parliamentary election with 20.8 percent of the vote and 48 seats, and he formed a coalition with the Finns Party, the Swedish People's Party, and the Christian Democrats that has been described as Finland's most right-wing government since the end of the Second World War. He holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Turku.