Stubb Cabinet

Stubb's Cabinet
73rd Cabinet of Finland
Date formed	24 June 2014
Date dissolved	29 May 2015
People and organisations
Head of state	Sauli Niinistö
Head of government	Alexander Stubb
No. of ministers	17
Member party	National Coalition Party Social Democratic Party Green League (until September 2014) Swedish People's Party Christian Democrats
Status in legislature	June-September 2014 Majority 111 / 200 (56%) September 2014-2015 Majority 101 / 200 (51%)
History
Predecessor	Katainen Cabinet
Successor	Sipilä 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.

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.^[4] The Greens left the cabinet following the cabinet's decision to back the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant with ties to Russian state-owned Rosatom.

See also[]

• Politics of Finland

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