Petteri Orpo

Petteri Orpo
Minister of Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 June 2016
Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Preceded by	Alexander Stubb
Leader of the National Coalition Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2016
Preceded by	Alexander Stubb
Minister of the Interior
In office 29 May 2015 – 22 June 2016
Prime Minister	Juha Sipilä
Preceded by	Päivi Räsänen
Succeeded by	Paula Risikko
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry
In office 24 June 2014 – 29 May 2015
Prime Minister	Alexander Stubb
Preceded by	Jari Koskinen
Succeeded by	Kimmo Tiilikainen
Personal details
Born	3 November 1969 Köyliö, Finland
Political party	National Coalition Party
Spouse(s)	Niina Kanniainen

Antti Petteri Orpo (born in Köyliö, November 3 1969) is a Finnish politician, the leader of the National Coalition Party and the incumbent Minister of Finance. Previously he served as the Minister for Agriculture and Forestry 2014–2015 and Minister of Interior 2015–2016.^[1][2]

In May 2016, Orpo announced that he would challenge the leader of the National Coalition Party and incumbent Minister of Finance Alexander Stubb in June's party conference.^[3] Orpo received 441,4 votes against Stubb's 361 and was thus elected as the new leader for the party.^[4] Orpo soon announced that he would take Stubb's seat as the Minister of Finance.^[5] He was officially appointed as the Minister of Finance on June 22, 2016.^[6]

References

1. "Räty, Orpo and Toivakka take over ministerial portfolios". Helsinki Times. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
2. "Sipilä's Government appointed". Finnish Government. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. "Orpo haastaa Stubbin kokoomuksen puheenjohtajakisassa – Harkimo Ylelle: En lähde kisaan, koska Orpo on paras vaihtoehto". Helsingin sanomat. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
4. "Nyt se ratkesi – Stubb sivuun, Petteri Orpo on kokoomuksen uusi puheenjohtaja". Ilta-sanomat. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
5. "Orpo nappaa valtiovarainministerin salkun – Stubbin uudet tehtävät tarkentuvat myöhemmin". Yle. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
6. "Kokoomuksen ministerivaihdoksille sinetti – presidentti vahvisti nimitykset". Yle. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.