Sipilä Cabinet

Juha Sipilä's cabinet

74th cabinet of Finland
Incumbent
Date formed 29 May 2015
People and organisations
Head of government Juha Sipilä
Head of state Sauli Niinistö
Member party Centre Party
Finns Party
National Coalition Party
History
Election(s) 2015 election
Predecessor Alexander Stubb's cabinet

Juha Sipilä's cabinet is the 74th Government of Finland. It was formally appointed by President Sauli Niinistö on 29 May 2015.[1][2]

The cabinet is a coalition government consisting three centre-right parties: the Centre Party, the Finns Party and the National Coalition Party. The Centre Party returns to lead the Government after fours years in opposition. This is the first time that the right-wing populist party, the Finns Party, is participating in the Government of Finland[3] and the first time since 1979 that the Swedish People's Party is out of the Finnish government.

The center-right coalition parties had 124 seats (62%) in the 200-seat parliament when it started.

On 22 June 2016, the Finns Party MP Maria Tolppanen joined the SDP, after which the coalition parties have 123 seats.[4]

Conflicts of interest

Foreign Trade and Development Minister Lenita Toivakka is related to a company that has established a Belgian holding company. Toivakka accused Social Democratic MP Timo Harakka of lying when he said in the parliament that the family business of Minister Toivakka had set up the holding company in Belgium for tax planning purposes. Toivakka later had to apologize and admit that some of her previous statements were misleading, although she maintained her hands were clean.[5]

Portfolios

There are six ministers from the Centre Party. The National Coalition Party and Finns Party have four ministers each.[1][2]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä29 May 2015IncumbentCentre
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Deputy Prime Minister		 Timo Soini29 May 2015IncumbentFinns
Minister of Finance Alexander Stubb29 May 201522 June 2016National Coalition
 Petteri Orpo22 June 2016IncumbentNational Coalition
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Lenita Toivakka29 May 201522 June 2016National Coalition
 Kai Mykkänen22 June 2016IncumbentNational Coalition
Minister of Justice and Employment Jari Lindström29 May 2015IncumbentFinns
Minister of Interior Petteri Orpo29 May 201522 June 2016National Coalition
 Paula Risikko22 June 2016IncumbentNational Coalition
Minister of Defence Jussi Niinistö29 May 2015IncumbentFinns
Minister of Local Government and Public Reforms Anu Vehviläinen29 May 2015IncumbentCentre
Minister of Education and Culture Sanni Grahn-Laasonen29 May 2015IncumbentNational Coalition
Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen29 May 2015IncumbentCentre
Minister of Transport and Communications Anne Berner29 May 2015IncumbentCentre
Minister of Economic Affairs Olli Rehn29 May 2015IncumbentCentre
Minister of Social Affairs and Health Hanna Mäntylä29 May 201525 August 2016Finns
 Pirkko Mattila25 August 2016IncumbentFinns
Minister of Family Affairs and Social Services Juha Rehula29 May 2015IncumbentCentre

Energy policy

Minister Olli Rehn supported in September 2016 the energy subsidy to heavy industry to compensate the EU’s Emissions Trading System expenses of oil and coal use costs to industry. It would cover just under 100 industrial facilities, with the biggest beneficiary being the forestry industry.[6] 70 million of these funds will be taken from elederly care by dropping nurses from 0.5 to 0.4 per old person.[7]


See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sipilä's Government appointed". valtioneuvosto.fi. the Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 "President appoints new cabinet". yle.fi. Yle. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Sipilä opts for right-leaning government Retrieved on 10 May 2015
  4. ↑ "Perussuomalaisten kansanedustaja loikkaa Sdp:n riveihin". Helsingin Sanomat. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Minister apologises, admits to misleading statements on Belgian tax planning company YLE 28.4.2016
  6. ↑ http://yle.fi/uutiset/economy_minister_rehn_stands_firm_on_contested_electricity_subsidy_for_heavy_industry/9163039 Economy Minister Rehn stands firm on contested electricity subsidy for heavy industry] 13.9.2016 yle news
  7. ↑ Valvira: Hoitajamitoituksen alentaminen runnoo kovin kourin vanhusta 11.9.2016 yle news
Preceded by
Alexander Stubb's cabinet		 Juha Sipilä's cabinet
29 May 2015 — 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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