President of Finland

President of Finland Suomen Tasavallan Presidentti Republiken Finlands President
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Alexander Stubb since 1 March 2024
Residence	Presidential Palace (ceremonial) Mäntyniemi (residential) Kultaranta (summer residence)
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Six years renewable once, consecutively
Inaugural holder	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg 26 July 1919
Formation	Constitution of Finland
Salary	126,000 €[1]
Website	Suomen tasavallan presidentti

The President of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavallan presidentti, Swedish: Republiken Finlands president) is the nation's head of state. The president is elected directly by the people of Finland for a term of six years. Since 1991, no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The president must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The office was created by the Constitution Act of 1919.

The current office-holder is Alexander Stubb since 1 March 2024.

Officially the head of state is known as the President of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavallan presidentti; Swedish: Republiken Finlands president) or, more often, the President of the Republic (tasavallan presidentti, republikens president).

List

See the main article: List of presidents of Finland

Living former presidents

• 
  Tarja Halonen
  (2000–2012)
  (1943-12-24) 24 December 1943 (age 80)
• 
  Sauli Niinistö
  (2012–2024)
  (1948-08-24) 24 August 1948 (age 76)

References

1. "Discharging the office of President" (in Finnish). presidentti.fi. 5 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

Other websites

• Media related to Presidents of Finland at Wikimedia Commons

• Official site
• The Constitution of Finland Archived 2007-06-04 at the Wayback Machine