President of Finland

E7667

head of state office

The President of Finland is the country’s head of state, responsible for foreign policy, national security leadership, and serving as the supreme civilian authority over the armed forces.

Aliases (5)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state office →
appointedBy	direct popular vote →
appoints	Government of Finland (Council of State) → certain senior civil servants and military officers →
chairs	Government’s Foreign and Security Policy Committee (TP-UTVA) →
commanderInChiefOf	Finnish Defence Forces →
constitutingInstrument	Constitution of Finland →
country	Finland →
currentHolder	Alexander Stubb →
currentHolderStartDate	1 March 2024 →
electedBy	Finnish citizens →
electionSystem	two-round system →
eligibilityRequirement	must be a native-born Finnish citizen →
firstHolder	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg →
firstHolderStartDate	1919 →
foreignPolicyRole	leads foreign policy in cooperation with the Government →
governmentForm	semi-presidential republic →
hasJurisdiction	Republic of Finland →
hasWebsite	https://www.presidentti.fi →
insignia	Standard of the President of Finland →
languageOfOffice	Finnish → Swedish →
legalSystemContext	Nordic civil law system →
nativeLabel	Suomen tasavallan presidentti →
nominates	Prime Minister of Finland (formally, based on parliamentary negotiations) →
oath	presidential oath prescribed by the Constitution of Finland →
officeCreated	1919 →
officeLocation	Helsinki →
officeType	national public office →
participatesIn	European Council meetings when appropriate →
power	can dissolve Parliament on proposal of the Prime Minister → can grant pardons → can issue decrees within the scope of enabling legislation → can propose legislation to Parliament → can ratify or refuse to ratify laws passed by Parliament →
precededBy	Sauli Niinistö →
residence	Mäntyniemi, Helsinki → Presidential Palace, Helsinki →
responsibility	foreign policy of Finland → national security leadership in Finland → supreme civilian authority over the Finnish Defence Forces →
role	head of state of Finland →
seat	Helsinki, Finland →
styleOfAddress	Herra tasavallan presidentti → Rouva tasavallan presidentti →
symbol	Coat of arms of Finland (used in presidential context) →
termLength	6 years →
termLimit	maximum two consecutive terms →

Referenced by (47)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Commander of the Finnish Air Force → Council of State (Finland) → Finnish government → Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland → Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland → Minister of Education of Finland → Minister of Finance of Finland → Minister of Justice of Finland → Minister of Social Affairs and Health of Finland → Minister of Transport and Communications of Finland → Minister of the Environment of Finland → Minister of the Interior of Finland →	appointedBy
Alexander Stubb → Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim ("Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces") → Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg → Kyösti Kallio → Lauri Kristian Relander → Martti Ahtisaari → P. E. Svinhufvud → Risto Ryti → Sauli Niinistö → Urho Kekkonen →	positionHeld
Cross of Liberty → Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland → Grand Cross with Collar → Order of the Cross of Liberty → Order of the Lion of Finland →	awardingBody
Coat of arms of Finland (used in presidential context) → Presidential Palace, Helsinki → Standard of the President of Finland →	usedBy
Finnish Army → Finnish Defence Forces →	commanderInChief
Standard of the President of Finland ("Finnish presidency") →	associatedWith
Emil →	associatedWithPosition
Coat of arms of Finland (used in presidential context) ("President of the Republic of Finland") →	authority
Council of State (Finland) ("President of Finland (on proposal of Prime Minister)") →	canBeDissolvedBy
Council of State (Finland) →	collaboratesWith
Government’s Foreign and Security Policy Committee →	coordinatesWith
Constitution of Finland ("President of the Republic of Finland") →	establishes
Grand Duke of Finland →	followedBy
Order of the White Rose of Finland →	hasAwardingAuthority
Order of the White Rose of Finland →	hasGrandMaster
Finland →	headOfStateTitle
Grand Cross with Collar ("President of Finland as Grand Master of the order") →	insigniaUsedBy
Risto Ryti →	office
Medal of Liberty →	presentedBy
Finnish Senate →	subordinateTo