Finnish Cabinet reshuffled after party changes
HELSINKI – Finnish Interior Minister Petteri Orpo has been appointed finance minister to replace outgoing Alexander Stubb, who was ousted as chairman of the conservative National Coalition Party earlier this month in a party congress vote.
Stubb, a former prime minister and European Parliament member, failed to turn around the waning popularity of his party and lost to Orpo in a 441-361 vote. Orpo automatically inherited Stubb’s ministerial post — the most senior position held by the conservatives in the country’s three-party ruling coalition.
In other appointments Wednesday, Deputy Parliament Speaker Paula Risikko took over as interior minister, while another conservative lawmaker, Kai Mykkanen, was given the foreign trade portfolio. The changes took effect immediately.
The 14-member centre-right Cabinet, which includes the populist Finns Party, took office in May 2015.
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