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  List of state leaders in 1930 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Prime Minister -, Prime Minister of Belgium (1926-1931)
Prime Minister - Thorvald Stauning, Prime Minister of Denmark (1929-1942)
Prime Minister - Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, Prime Minister of Norway (1928-1931)
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 Prime Minister of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Prime Minister (Finnish pääministeri, Swedish: statsminister) is the head of government in Finland.
The President nominates a prime minister according to the (new) constitution, after the parties in the eduskunta (parliament) have negotiated the distribution of seats in the new cabinet and the government's programme.
Previously full formal powers to appoint the prime minister and the rest of the cabinet had been the privilege of the president, who was free to diverge from parliamentary principles, although ministers must enjoy the confidence of the parliament.
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 Vaal Triangle Info Encylopedia - List_of_state_leaders_in_1939   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Prime Minister - Georgi Kiossievanov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1935-1940)
Prime Minister - Ioannis Metaxas, Prime Minister of Greece (1936-1941)
Prime Minister - Johan Nygaardsvold, Prime Minister of Norway (1935-1945)
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 Urho Kekkonen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (September 3, 1900–August 31, 1986) was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland (1950–1956) and later as President of Finland (1956–1981).
He was ousted in 1953, although he returned as Prime Minister from 1954 to 1956.
In these reforms, the power of parliament and prime minister was increased at the expense of president.
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 Prime Minister Article, PrimeMinister Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A prime minister is the chief member of the cabinet in a parliamentarysystem of government, or alternatively an official in a presidential system or semi-presidential system whose duty is to execute the directives of the President and manage the civilservice.
Prime Ministers can be found in both constitutional monarchies (as is the case inthe United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Norway and Japan), and in republics, where the head of state is an elected orunelected official with varying degrees of real power.
The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President of the Republic after consultation and with the partiesrepresented in the Assembly of the Republic, due regard being had to the [general] election results.
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 List of Prime Ministers of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The office of Prime Minister is described on Prime Minister of Denmark.
Denmark's current Prime Minister is Anders Fogh Rasmussen representing the Liberal party Venstre.
Prime Minister of Norway, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Finland
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 Kalevi Sorsa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Taisto Kalevi Sorsa (December 21, 1930 - January 16, 2004) was a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland four times: 1972-1975, 1977-1979, 1982-1983 and 1983-1987 and at the date of his death still held the Finnish record of most days of incumbency as prime minister.
Before a meteoric rise to the top of Finnish politics Kalevi Sorsa worked as a publishing editor, with his greatest "claim to fame" being to turn down the first novel of Kalle Päätalo, which turned out to be one of the greatest Finnish bestsellers of all time.
During the 1970s Finland started an experiment of state capitalism called which was to have utilized Finnish high-tech know-how to mass produce television screens.
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 Paavo Lipponen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
April 23, 1941), speaker of the Parliament of Finland was the chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party from 1993 to 2005 and the Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003.
Soon after returning to Finland he moved to Helsinki where he attained a master's degree in the study of international politics from the University of Helsinki in 1971.
Lipponen was elected chairman of the Finnish Social Democratic Party in 1993, and he led the party to victories in the parliamentary elections of 1995 and 1999.
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 Prime Minister of Finland: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Prime Minister of Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Prime Minister or Pääministeri/Statsminister is the Head of Government in Finland.
The President nominates Prime Minister, according to the (new) Constitution of Finland (of year 2000)[?], after the parties of the Parliament (Eduskunta) have negotiated on distribution of seats in Cabinet and on its programme.
The Parliament elects Prime Minister with absolute majority (in a voting without counter-candidate).
www.encyclopedian.com /pr/Prime-Minister-of-Finland.html   (328 words)

  
 Matti Vanhanen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Matti Taneli Vanhanen (born November 4, 1955, in Jyväskylä) is the current Prime Minister of Finland (as of July 2003) and chairman of the Centre Party.
For instance, Vanhanen spoke against building a fifth nuclear power plant in Finland, at the same serving on the board of electricity corporation Fortum.
In 2003 he became Minister of Defense in the cabinet of Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki, and quit from the Convent.
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 Meeting between FM Peres and the Prime Minister of Finland
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres met Friday night (September 7) in Como, Italy with the Prime Minister of Finland, Paavo Lipponen.
He stated that the language is a departure from Finland's evenhanded policy and does not reflect Finland's position.
Prime Minister Lipponen requested that the subject be removed from the agenda of Finnish-Israeli relations.
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 Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki resigns — Virtual Finland
She was Finland's first woman prime minister and the first prime minister to be elected by parliament.
Instead, her term as prime minister was cut short and ended in misfortune.
The dramatic resignation of the prime minister and the whole government has naturally left a mark on the Finnish political system.
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 The Prime Minister´s statement to parliament on Finland´s EU Presidency programme (en, fi, sv) - ...
Finland´s goal as President and as a Member State is to strengthen the image of the Union as an open, effective and responsible actor.
Under Finland´s leadership, it will now be possible to begin the process of institutional adaptation by preparing for an Intergovernmental Conference that will consider the composition of the Commission, the weighting of votes in the Council, and increased decision-making by qualified majority.
Finland´s programme emphasizes the links between employment on the one hand and stable economic development and improved competitiveness on the other.
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 National Coalition Party (Finland)
The Coalition Party is one of the three biggest parties in Finland, along with the Social Democrats and the Centre Party.
Although the party is clearly rightist it harbours several different political currents, including social reformism (mainly in the Turku area), conservatism (mainly in northern Finland and Lapland), and liberalism (mainly in Helsinki).
Paasikivi's democracy-line was taken up again by the party leader Edwin Linkomies, Prime Minister 1943-1944 during the Continuation War, who however lost the party-group's confidence and wasn't re-elected as chairman.
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 National Coalition Party (Finland) - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The current party chairman is Ville Itälä[?], who in the general elections in 2003 obtained the second highest count of individual votes (21.422) of all candidates.
Lauri Ingman - Prime Minister of Finland 1918-1919 and 1924-1925, Archbishop of Turku[?] 1930-1934
Edwin Linkomies[?] - Prime Minister of Finland 1943-1944
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 Prime Minister's Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Prime Minister of Thailand, Thaksin Shinawatra, is visiting Finland on 14 and 15 October on the invitation of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen.
Prime Minister Vanhanen met Valentina Matvienko, Governor of St. Petersburg, spoke at the Techonology Day Seminar and participated in the inauguration of Elcoteq's new plant in St. Petersburg.
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen at the Inauguration of Elcoteq Plant
www.vnk.fi /vn/liston/vnk.lsp?r=915&k=en   (314 words)

  
 The Chancellery of the Prime Minister   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Prime Minister Marek Belka noted that for the entire continent's history the important thing was that Solidarity led to the fall of communism.
Prime Minister Marek Belka expressed the hope that the summit's deliberation would be constructive and fruitful.
Prime Minister Marek Belka discussed the political situation in the Balkans with Macedonian Prime Minister Vlado Buckovski, in particular the future of Kosovo.
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 Prime Minister of Finland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The President nominates Prime Minister, according to the (new) Constitution of Finland (of year 2000)Constitution of Finland, after the parties of Parliament of Finlandthe Parliament ''(Eduskunta)'' have negotiated on distribution of seats in Cabinet and on its programme.
On Tuesday, Oct. 11, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov took part in the ceremony to open a 2.5 kilometer bridge across the Kola Bay in the northern Murmansk region.
Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Fradkov has taken part in the ceremony of opening a bridge across the Kola Bay in the Murmansk region.
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Matti Vanhanen took over as prime minister in June 2003.
However, for Finland, which has a reputation as a country where government is stable and slow moving, her swift departure came as a major shock.
Mr Vanhanen, a former journalist, was defence minister before becoming prime minister at 47.
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 Prime Minister of Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Prime Minister is appointed by the (The chief executive of a republic) President, who is (The chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government) Head of State.
The Parliament elects Prime Minister with ((elections) more than half of the votes) absolute majority (in a (A choice that is made by voting) voting without counter-candidate).
The previous 85 years full formal powers to appoint the Prime Minister and the rest of the Cabinet had been the privilege of the President, who for instance was free to diverge from principles of (Click link for more info and facts about Parliamentarism) Parliamentarism, although the ministers must enjoy the confidence of the Parliament.
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 Finland: Prime minister resigns over Iraq war scandal
Finland’s recently elected prime minister, Anneli Jäätteenmäki of the Centre Party, resigned June 18 amid accusations of misleading parliament and soliciting the leaking of secret documents.
The new prime minister, a former lawyer, was also the subject of fierce attacks from coalition partners in the last government, the conservative National Coalition Party.
The new Centre Party prime minister, the former party vice-chairman and Defence Minister Matti Vanhanen, has urged his party and the SDP to “stop the election campaign.” Vanhanen had been among the most vocal Centre Party critics of Jäätteenmäki in recent weeks.
www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/finl-j01.shtml   (1086 words)

  
 List of state leaders in 1924 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Niels Thomasius Neergaard, Prime Minister of Denmark (1920-1924)
Prime Minister - Władysław Grabski, President of the Council of Ministers (1923-1925)
Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1923-1924)
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 The address by Prime Minister A.K. Cajander on the 23rd of November 1939
If they were accepted they would have offended Finland's neutrality and damaged her opportunities for self-defence: it would have meant severing the southern defence line of Finland at two of its most important points and handing over its first-class fortifications to a foreign power.
Finland will peacefully, with open eyes and determined mind, observe the events in the west and in the east, and as a peaceloving country, which always appreciates good neighborly relations, is at any times ready to continue the negotiations on a basis which does not risk the vital interests of Finland or her national values.
Finland is convinced that it is advantageous to the real interests of the Soviet Union that she has as a neighbor a nation, whose loyalty it can trust in all circumstances.
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 Finish Prime Minister to visit Malta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Prime Minister of Finland, Mr Matti Vanhanen, will be in Malta on a working visit on Wednesday 16th March 2005.
Mr Vanhanen was appointed Prime Minister in 2003.
Amongst others, he occupied the position of Defence Minister from 17th April 2003 to 24th June 2003, where he was appointed Prime Minister.
www.maltamedia.com /news/2005/gp/printer_5413.shtml   (134 words)

  
 [05 Sep 2000] BIO/3315 GA/9749: HARRI HOLKERI, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF FINLAND, ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MILLENNIUM ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Harri Holkeri, a former Prime Minister of Finland, was today elected the President of the fifty-fifth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Holkeri was Prime Minister of Finland, heading a coalition formed by his own Conservative party and the Social Democrats.
He is the Chairman of the Board of Finnair, Finland's national airline, and sits on the boards of various Finnish industries and organizations.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2000/20000905.bio3315.doc.html   (364 words)

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