Sorsa I cabinet

Kalevi Sorsa 's cabinet was the 56th government of Republic of Finland. Cabinet's time period was from 4 September 1972 to 13 June 1975. It was a Majority government

President Urho Kekkonen dissatisfied the Government and the Parliament on 13 June 1975. And called an new parliamential elections on same year.

Sorsa Government start it's term when Finland had good economic growth which allowed the Government to make big social reforms including pension reforms and Public health reforms . Sorsa Government started to make plans for big investments to industry including building an Soviet-based nuclear power plant to Loviisa. During the 1973 Middle East Oil Crisis these plans faced big economic down fall. The Government had to control also foreign capital exhange.

Assembly

Minister	Period of office	Party
Prime Minister Kalevi Sorsa	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister Ahti Karjalainen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Centre Party
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahti Karjalainen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Jussi Linnamo Jermu Laine	4 September 1972 – 5 May 1973 5 May 1973 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of Justice Matti Louekoski	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party
Minister of the Interior Heikki Tuominen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Independent
Minister of Defence Kristian Gestrin Carl-Olaf Homén	4 September 1972 – 30 September 1974 1.10.1974 – 13 June 1975	Swedish People's Party Swedish People's Party
Minister of Finance Johannes Virolainen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Finance Esko Niskanen Heikki Tuominen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975 30 September 1974 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party
		Independent
Minister of Justice Ulf Sundqvist Varma Kallio Ulf Sundqvist	4 September 1972 – 31 May 1974 1 June 1974 – 9 September 1974 9 September 1974 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Erkki Haukipuro Heimo Linna	4 September 1972 – 31.7.1973 1.8.1973 - 13 June 1975	Centre Party Centre Party
Minister of Traffic Pekka Tarjanne	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Liberal People's Party
Minister of Trade and Industry Grels Teir Jan-Magnus Jansson Kristian Gestrin	4 September 1972 – 31.12.1972 1 January 1973 – 30 September 1974 1.10.1974 – 13 June 1975	Swedish People's Party Swedish People's Party Swedish People's Party
Minister of Social Affairs Seija Karkinen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Labour Valde Nevalainen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Pentti Pekkarinen Reino Karpola	4 September 1972 – 20 January 1975 7.2.1975 – 13 June 1975	Centre Party Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry and Foreign Trade Jussi Linnamo Jermu Laine	4 September 1972 – 5 May 1973 5 May 1973 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Education Marjatta Väänänen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Finance Esko Niskanen	4 September 1972 – 13 June 1975	Social Democratic Party