Stubb Cabinet
# Stubb Cabinet

The Stubb Cabinet was the 73rd Government of Finland, which stepped into office on 24 June 2014. It succeeded Jyrki Katainen's cabinet. The cabinet's prime minister was Alexander Stubb.

In September 2014, the Green League announced its departure from the cabinet after the majority of the cabinet voted to approve a new decision-in-principle for the Fennovoima nuclear project.

The portfolios held by Green League were divided between the leading National Coalition Party and the Social Democratic Party. Sirpa Paatero was chosen as the Minister for International Development and Sanni Grahn-Laasonen as Minister of the Environment.

After the Green party ceased their support for Stubb's government and left it, Stubb cabinet's strength was reduced to 101 out of 200 in the Eduskunta, which is a bare majority.

The Stubb Cabinet was succeeded by the Sipilä Cabinet headed by Centre Party leader Juha Sipilä on 29 May 2015.

## Ministers

The NCP had six ministers in the Cabinet as did the SDP. The Green League and the Swedish People's Party had two ministers each and the Christian Democrats had one.

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Prime Minister | Alexander Stubb | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |
| Minister of Finance Deputy Prime Minister | Antti Rinne | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | Erkki Tuomioja | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade | Lenita Toivakka | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |
| Minister of Justice | Anna-Maja Henriksson | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | RKP |
| Minister of the Interior | Päivi Räsänen | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | KD |
| Minister for International Development | Pekka Haavisto | 24 June 2014 | 26 September 2014 | VIHR |
| Minister for International Development | Sirpa Paatero | 26 September 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister of Defence | Carl Haglund | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | RKP |
| Minister of Transport and Local Government | Paula Risikko | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |
| Minister of Education and Communications | Krista Kiuru | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister of Culture and Housing | Pia Viitanen | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | Petteri Orpo | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |
| Minister of Economic Affairs | Jan Vapaavuori | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |
| Minister of Social Affairs and Health | Laura Räty | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |
| Minister of Health and Social Services | Susanna Huovinen | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister of Labour | Lauri Ihalainen | 24 June 2014 | 29 May 2015 | SDP |
| Minister of the Environment | Ville Niinistö | 24 June 2014 | 26 September 2014 | VIHR |
| Minister of the Environment | Sanni Grahn-Laasonen | 26 September 2014 | 29 May 2015 | National Coalition |

## Environmental policy

The Stubb Cabinet's environmental minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (kok.) cancelled the environmental program intended to protect the wetlands, instead favouring an approach based on voluntary protection. Former Minister of the Environment Ville Niinistö (vihr.) criticised the decision. The Greens left the cabinet following the cabinet's decision to back the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant with ties to Russian state-owned Rosatom.

