All the heads and the current president of Finland.

The country of a thousand lakes has always attracted tourists with incredibly beautiful nature, hotels of ice, saunas and unsurpassed fish dishes. Modern travelers can tell what countries they visited, but practically no one can answer, as the heads of these states call. And you, for example, know who is ruling this country now?

Presidents of Finland (in order)

1. Stolberg Kaarlo Juho was born in 1865 in the family of a pastor. He was elected to the presidency in 1919, where his candidacy was supported by the Agrarian League and the National Progressive Party. Refused his reelection in 1925. And in 1946 the first president of Finland took up the post of adviser to the 7th head of state.

2. Relander Lauri Christian - the second president of Finland, was head of state for exactly 6 years from 1925 to 1931. The people called him Lauri, who traveled, as he often visited foreign countries. He spoke out against the "dry law". After the expiration of the presidential term until his death he worked as director of an insurance company. He died of a heart attack.

3. Svinhuvud Per Evind (1931-1937) enjoyed the confidence of his people. He spoke not only against the fascists, but also led anti-communist policies. He insisted at a meeting with Hitler and Mussolini, but all attempts were unsuccessful.

4th President of Finland Kallio Kyuesti, according to the Finns, was a weak head of state. They believed that his lack of understanding in matters of foreign policy facilitated the involvement of the country in the battlefield of the Patriotic War. But there are also those who consider him a respected president, since he was an adherent of parliamentarism.

5. Rusty Risto is the only president of Finland, during the reign of which there were two wars. Signing a secret treaty, he guaranteed the supply of weapons to fascist Germany, and in 1945 was sentenced to 10 years in prison as a war criminal.

6. Karl Gustav Emil Mannerheim was the head of state from 1944 to 1946. He perfectly mastered 6 languages, including Russian. Until the last breath he had on his desk was a photograph of Nicholas II with his autograph. In 2009, a biopic was shot about Mannerheim.

7. Paasikivi Juho Kusti was a lawyer by training. After he became president, he directed his activities to normalize foreign policy, in particular, the USSR.

8. Urho Kekkonen - President of Finland since 1956, as well as the previous head of state tried to maintain the country's neutrality in politics and establish cooperation with the Soviet Union.

9. Mauno Koivisto gave Finland an economic downturn, but fortunately managed to pull the country out of the crisis. In 2011, he was recognized as the oldest head of state among all former presidents.

10. Martti Ahtisaari (1994-2000) received the title of Honorary Citizen of the Republic of Namibia. Despite this, the new president of the state in 2001 sharply criticized his actions towards this African country. In 2008 he received the Nobel Prize.

11. Halonen Tarja served as president 2 times, after which she became chairman of the Baltic Sea Action Group.

12. Sauli Niinisto is the current president of Finland (from March 1, 2012). He learns Russian, because, in his opinion, knowing him is a sign of courtesy towards the neighboring country.

Stolberg Kaarlo Juho

According to the Constitutional Act, the office of the president was established in 1919, but the approval was received only in 1919.

The first president of Finland Stolberg Kaarlo Juho was elected by the parliament. His political activities he directed to the formation of a bourgeois republic. He also initiated land reform, being the head of state, pardoned many people involved in the revolutionary movement.

His first wife died in 1917, three years later he married Esther Halstrom. The third wife was Irena Vyalberg, in this family six children were born.

Sauli Niiniste

The current president of Finland was elected in 2012, before that he was the head of the Finnish Football Association. Having headed the post, he began to conduct active activities in foreign policy. First of all, he paid visits to Russia, Sweden and Estonia. Then followed a speech at the UN, where he nominated his country's candidacy for membership in the Security Council.

The first wife died in a car crash in 1995, leaving him with two sons Nauti and Matias. With the latter in 2004, Sauli rested in Thailand, where during the tsunami they were able to survive by climbing onto the pillar. Since 2009, his wife is the poetess Jenny Haukio.

Halonen Tarja

Former President of Finland Halonen Tarja - the first woman to head this post. At the first stage of the elections, 40% of the votes were received, while on the second stage it was 51.6%. In her youth she was a fan of Che Guevara. After a year of her presidency, the Finnish people were satisfied with her activities.

With their first husband, Curry Peconnen, they have a common daughter, Anna. The second marriage, she legitimated only in 2006 with Pentti Arajarvi after 15 years of cohabitation.

Tarja is fond of painting, drawing and very fond of cats.

Estimate of content

According to official data, the salary of the president of Finland is 160 thousand euros, that is, 18 euros are charged for each hour. The organization of business events annually allocated 200 thousand euros. It was also estimated that in 2012 about 3 million euros were spent on visits to other countries and inside Finland. In the same year, President Sauli Niinisteau was given an armored car named Mercedes.