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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia.
See also: European Union

Entities

Our standard dataset contains 2,189 entities connected with Finland. This may include sanctioned entities, politically-exposed persons (PEPs), and their close associates, or entities involved in criminal activity.

Data sources

We are not yet including any data published by authorities or organizations based in Finland. See our global list of data sources and our criteria for selecting datasets.

Sanctions programs/policies targeting Finland

We are not yet including any targeting entities that are based in Finland.

Politically-exposed persons (PEPs)

Our database contains 1,136 entities identified as PEPs connected with Finland.

National government positions

Number of known occupants
Head of state or governmentCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Deputy Prime Minister1--
President1--
Prime Minister1--
National executive branchesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering1--
Minister for Foreign Affairs1--
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry16-
Minister of Defense1--
Minister of Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade121
Minister of Economic Affairs17-
Minister of Education191
Minister of Employment1--
Minister of Finance1-1
Minister of Interior18-
Minister of Justice1--
Minister of Local & Regional Government1--
Minister of Science and Culture14-
Minister of Social Affairs and Health1101
Minister of Social Security1--
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change18-
Minister of Transport & Communications1--
Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity1--
National legislative branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
Member of the Eduskunta-36164
National judicial branchCurrentEndedStatus unclear
President of the Supreme Court of Finland-31
Diplomatic rolesCurrentEndedStatus unclear
ambassador of Finland--1
ambassador of Finland to Bulgaria-11
ambassador of Finland to Canada-31
ambassador of Finland to Denmark--1
ambassador of Finland to Egypt-4-
ambassador of Finland to Estonia-41
ambassador of Finland to Germany-1-
ambassador of Finland to India-41
ambassador of Finland to Japan--1
ambassador of Finland to Norway--1
ambassador of Finland to Poland-42
ambassador of Finland to Portugal-11
ambassador of Finland to Russia-21
ambassador of Finland to South Korea--1
ambassador of Finland to Sweden-51
ambassador of Finland to Thailand-11
ambassador of Finland to Turkey-31
ambassador of France to Finland-61
ambassador of Germany to Finland-61
ambassador of Hungary to Finland-41
ambassador of Iceland to Finland-1-
ambassador of Iran to Finland-12
ambassador of Israel to Finland-11
Ambassador of Mozambique to Finland--1
ambassador of Norway to Finland-51
ambassador of Poland to Finland-5-
ambassador of Spain to Finland-51
ambassador of the United Kingdom to Finland-51
ambassador of Ukraine to Finland-1-
Ambassador to the US1--
Permanent Representative to the UN, New York1--
United States Ambassador to Finland-11

Subnational government positions

No positions for this category

Other positions

Number of known occupants
PositionCurrentEndedStatus unclear
member of the Parliament of Finland1413357
Justitieråd-135
Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court--13
member of the Sami Parliament of Finland-13-
Speaker of the Parliament of Finland-112
Deputy Prime Minister of Finland-111
Minister of Finance-111
Finnish Minister of Employment-71
Finnish Minister of Transport and Communications-71
Minister of Defence of Finland-71
Prime Minister of Finland-71
Minister of Justice of Finland-61
Speaker of the Parliament of Åland-7-
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland-51
Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade-5-
Chancellor of Justice of Finland-31
Chief of Defence-31
Deputy Chancellor of Justice-4-
Deputy Minister of Finance-22
Minister of Transport-31
Chairperson of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Parliament-21
Finnish Minister for European Affairs-3-
Governor, Bank of Finland111
Minister for International Development-3-
Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services-3-
President of Finland-21
President of the Supreme Administrative Court-21
Prosecutor General of Finland-12
lantråd-2-
Minister for Social Affairs and Health-11
Minister of Communications-11
Minister of Culture-2-
Minister of Education and Culture--2
Minister of Housing-2-
Parliamentary Ombudsman-11
Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations-11
Secretary General of the Parliament of Finland-11
Finnish Minister for Nordic Cooperation-1-
Minister for Industry and Trade--1
Minister for Infrastructure--1
Minister of Agriculture and the Environment-1-
Minister of Culture and Housing-1-
Minister of Development-1-
Minister of Local Government-1-
Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms-1-
Minister of Trade and Industry-1-
Minister of Transport and Local Government-1-
president for a Court of Appeal--1
President of the Republic of Finland1--
President of the Sami Parliament in Finland-1-
Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland1--
Vice lantråd--1

What do these numbers mean?

We keep track both if political positions and the individuals who occupy those positions over time. Of course, a person can hold a position for multiple terms, and multiple people can occupy the same position at the same time (e.g. members of parliament).

If a person previously held a position, and currently holds the same position, they are only counted once and recorded under Current. If it is unclear from the source whether they have left the position, they will be counted under Unclear.

How can status be unclear?

Some of the data sources we rely on indicate both past and present holders of political offices. In those cases, a lack of a precise end date for a person's occupancy of a position can mean that we don't know whether they currently hold the position or not. Read more...