The Minister of Defence (Finnish : puolustusministeri , Swedish : försvarsminister ) is a member of the Finnish Council of State . As the head of the Ministry of Defence , the minister is responsible for the administration of national defence. The ministry is headquartered in Helsinki . The current Minister of Defence is Antti Häkkänen .
From June to November 1918 the post was called Chief of the War Department , and from then until 1922 the post was called the Minister of War .
The President of the Republic is the commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces . The commander of the military forces is the Chief of Defence .
Ministry offices
Finnish Ministry of Defence Offices consists of two wings:
South Makasiinikatu 8 since - Built by CL Engel as barracks for the Finnish Guard in 1922 and destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt by retaining the original walls from 1954 to 1956 and used as Defense Headquarters since 1956[ 1]
Fabiansgatan 2 - newer wing was built in 1961 by Finnish architects Viljo Revell and Heikki Castrén .
Previous ministry offices
Eteläesplanadi 10 - 1918-1921 it was located here and now home to Ministry of Justice
Korkeavuorenkatu 21 (Ohrana House) - relocated in 1921 and here until beginning of World War II; now Finnish Border Guard Headquarters
Snellmaninkatu 4-6 - moved here 1941 to 1956 which now home to Finnish Financial Supervision Authority
List of ministers of defence
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No.
Portrait
Minister
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Party
Cabinet
1 Vilhelm Thesleff (1880–1941) 27 May 1918 27 November 1918 184 days Independent Paasikivi I 2 Rudolf Walden (1878–1946) 27 November 1918 15 August 1919 261 days Independent Ingman K. Castrén 3 Karl Emil Berg (1869–1921) 15 August 1919 15 March 1920 213 days Independent Vennola I 4 Bruno Jalander (1872–1966) 15 March 1920 9 April 1921 1 year, 25 days Independent Erich 5 Onni Hämäläinen (1885–1954) 9 April 1921 3 September 1921 147 days Independent Vennola II (4) Bruno Jalander (1872–1966) 3 September 1921 22 June 1923 1 year, 292 days Independent Vennola II Cajander I Kallio I 6 Kyösti Kallio (1873–1940) 22 June 1923 16 August 1923 55 days Centre Kallio I 7 Vilho Nenonen (1883–1960) 16 August 1923 18 January 1924 155 days Independent Kallio I 8 Viktor Henrik Schvindt (1866–1928) 18 January 1924 11 March 1924 53 days Independent Cajander II 9 Ivar Aminoff (1868–1931) 11 March 1924 31 May 1924 81 days Independent Cajander II 10 Lauri Malmberg (1888–1948) 31 May 1924 31 March 1925 304 days Independent Ingman II 11 Aleksander Lampén (1879–1935) 31 March 1925 31 December 1925 275 days National Coalition Tulenheimo 12 Leonard Hjelmman (1869–1952) 31 December 1925 13 December 1926 347 days National Coalition Kallio II 13 Kaarlo Heinonen (1878–1944) 13 December 1926 17 December 1927 1 year, 4 days SDP Tanner 14 Jalo Lahdensuo (1882–1973) 17 December 1927 22 December 1928 1 year, 5 days Centre Sunila I 15 Aimo Cajander (1879–1943) 22 December 1928 16 August 1929 237 days National Progressive Mantere 16 Juho Niukkanen (1888–1954) 16 August 1929 4 July 1930 322 days Centre Kallio III 17 Albin Manner (1888–1954) 10 July 1930 21 March 1931 254 days Centre Svinhufvud II (14) Jalo Lahdensuo (1882–1973) 21 March 1931 14 December 1932 1 year, 268 days Centre Sunila II 18 Arvi Oksala (1891–1949) 14 December 1932 12 March 1937 4 years, 88 days Independent Kivimäki Kallio IV (16) Juho Niukkanen (1888–1954) 12 March 1937 27 March 1940 3 years, 15 days Centre Cajander III Ryti I (2) Rudolf Walden (1878–1946) 27 March 1940 1 December 1944 4 years, 249 days Independent Ryti II Rangell Linkomies Hackzell U. Castrén Paasikivi II 19 Väinö Valve (1895–1995) 1 December 1944 17 April 1945 137 days Independent Paasikivi II 20 Mauno Pekkala (1890–1952) 17 April 1945 27 March 1946 344 days SKDL Paasikivi III Pekkala 21 Yrjö Kallinen (1886–1976) 27 March 1946 29 July 1948 2 years, 124 days SDP Pekkala 22 Emil Skog (1897–1981) 29 July 1948 17 March 1950 1 year, 231 days SDP Fagerholm I 23 Kustaa Tiitu (1896–1990) 17 March 1950 17 January 1951 306 days Centre Kekkonen I (22) Emil Skog (1897–1981) 17 January 1951 9 July 1953 2 years, 173 days SDP Kekkonen II -III 24 Kauno Kleemola (1906–1965) 9 July 1953 17 November 1953 131 days Centre Kekkonen IV 25 Päiviö Hetemäki (1913–1980) 17 November 1953 5 May 1954 169 days National Coalition Tuomioja (22) Emil Skog (1897–1981) 5 May 1954 27 May 1957 3 years, 22 days SDP Törngren Kekkonen V Fagerholm II 26 Atte Pakkanen (1912–1994) 27 May 1957 2 September 1957 98 days Centre Sukselainen I 27 Pekka Malinen (1921–2004) 2 September 1957 29 November 1957 88 days Liberals Sukselainen I 28 Kalle Lehmus (1907–1987) 29 November 1957 26 April 1958 148 days Independent von Fieandt 29 Edvard Björkenheim (1901–1965) 26 April 1958 29 August 1958 125 days Independent Kuuskoski 30 Toivo Wiherheimo (1898–1970) 29 August 1958 13 January 1959 137 days National Coalition Fagerholm II 31 Leo Häppölä (1911–1998) 13 January 1959 14 July 1961 2 years, 182 days Centre Sukselainen II (29) Edvard Björkenheim (1901–1965) 14 July 1961 13 April 1962 273 days Centre Miettunen I 32 Arvo Pentti (1915–1986) 13 April 1962 18 December 1963 1 year, 249 days Centre Karjalainen I 33 Kaarlo Leinonen (1914–1975) 18 December 1963 12 September 1964 269 days Independent Lehto (32) Arvo Pentti (1915–1986) 12 September 1964 27 May 1966 1 year, 257 days Centre Virolainen 34 Sulo Suorttanen (1921–2005) 27 May 1966 14 May 1970 3 years, 352 days Centre Paasio I Koivisto I (32) Arvo Pentti (1915–1986) 14 May 1970 15 July 1970 62 days Independent Aura I 35 Kristian Gestrin (1929–1990) 15 July 1970 29 October 1971 1 year, 106 days RKP Karjalainen II (32) Arvo Pentti (1915–1986) 29 October 1971 23 February 1972 117 days Independent Aura II 36 Sulo Hostila (1920–2002) 23 February 1972 4 September 1972 194 days SDP Paasio II (35) Kristian Gestrin (1929–1990) 4 September 1972 30 September 1974 2 years, 26 days RKP Sorsa I 37 Carl-Olaf Homén (born 1936) 1 October 1974 13 June 1975 255 days RKP Sorsa I 38 Erkki Huurtamo (1917–1999) 13 June 1975 30 November 1975 170 days Independent Liinamaa 39 Ingvar S. Melin (1932–2011) 30 November 1975 29 September 1976 304 days RKP Miettunen II 40 Seppo Westerlund (1930–2014) 29 September 1976 15 May 1977 228 days Liberals Miettunen II 41 Taisto Tähkämaa (born 1924) 15 May 1977 26 May 1979 2 years, 11 days Centre Sorsa II 42 Lasse Äikäs (1932–1988) 26 May 1979 19 February 1982 2 years, 269 days Centre Koivisto II 43 Juhani Saukkonen (born 1937) 19 February 1982 6 May 1983 1 year, 76 days Centre Sorsa III 44 Veikko Pihlajamäki (1922–2007) 6 May 1983 30 April 1987 3 years, 359 days Centre Sorsa IV 45 Ole Norrback (born 1941) 30 April 1987 13 June 1990 3 years, 44 days RKP Holkeri 46 Elisabeth Rehn (born 1935) 13 June 1990 1 January 1995 4 years, 202 days RKP Holkeri Aho 47 Jan-Erik Enestam (born 1947) 2 January 1995 13 April 1995 101 days RKP Aho 48 Anneli Taina (born 1951) 13 April 1995 15 April 1999 4 years, 2 days National Coalition Lipponen I (47) Jan-Erik Enestam (born 1947) 15 April 1999 17 April 2003 4 years, 2 days RKP Lipponen II 49 Matti Vanhanen (born 1955) 17 April 2003 24 June 2003 68 days Centre Jäätteenmäki 50 Seppo Kääriäinen (born 1948) 24 June 2003 19 April 2007 3 years, 299 days Centre Vanhanen I 51 Jyri Häkämies (born 1961) 19 April 2007 22 June 2011 4 years, 64 days National Coalition Vanhanen II Kiviniemi 52 Stefan Wallin (born 1967) 22 June 2011 5 July 2012 1 year, 13 days RKP Katainen 53 Carl Haglund (born 1979) 5 July 2012 29 May 2015 2 years, 328 days RKP Katainen Stubb 54 Jussi Niinistö (born 1970) 29 May 2015 6 June 2019 4 years, 8 days Finns Sipilä 55 Antti Kaikkonen (born 1974) 6 June 2019 5 January 2023 3 years, 213 days Centre Rinne Marin 56 Mikko Savola (born 1981) 5 January 2023 28 February 2023 54 days Centre Marin (55) Antti Kaikkonen (born 1974) 28 February 2023 20 June 2023 112 days Centre Marin 57 Antti Häkkänen (born 1985) 20 June 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 181 days National Coalition Orpo
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