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Minister of Defence (Finland)

Finnish government position

Summary

Finnish government position

Field	Value
post	Minister of Defence
body	the Republic of Finland
native_name	Puolustusministeri
Försvarsminister
flag	Flag of the Minister of Defence (Finland).svg
flagsize	150px
flagcaption	Flag of the Minister of Defence
insignia
insigniasize
insigniacaption
image	Antti-Häkkänen-01 (cropped).jpg
imagesize	200px
incumbent	Antti Häkkänen
incumbentsince	20 June 2023
department	Ministry of Defence
style
member_of	Cabinet
reports_to
residence
seat	Helsinki, Finland
nominator	Prime Minister
appointer	President
appointer_qualified
termlength	Four years (de facto)
constituting_instrument
precursor
formation
first	Wilhelm Thesleff
succession
deputy
salary
website	www.defmin.fi/english

Försvarsminister Just the image name, no "File:" or "Image:" coding. -- Default size is 120px. -- The Minister of Defence (, ) is a member of the Finnish Council of State. As the head of the Ministry of Defence, the minister is responsible for the administration of national defence. The ministry is headquartered in Helsinki. The current Minister of Defence is Antti Häkkänen.

From June to November 1918 the post was called Chief of the War Department, and from then until 1922 the post was called the Minister of War.

The President of the Republic is the commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces. The commander of the military forces is the Chief of Defence.

Ministry offices

Finnish Ministry of Defence Offices consists of two wings:

South Makasiinikatu 8 since - Built by CL Engel as barracks for the Finnish Guard in 1922 and destroyed in 1944 and rebuilt by retaining the original walls from 1954 to 1956 and used as Defense Headquarters since 1956
Fabiansgatan 2 - newer wing was built in 1961 by Finnish architects Viljo Revell and Heikki Castrén.

Previous ministry offices

Eteläesplanadi 10 - 1918-1921 (the Ministry of Justice has also been located here)
Korkeavuorenkatu 21 (Ohrana House) - relocated in 1921 and here until beginning of World War II; has also served as Finnish Border Guard Headquarters
Snellmaninkatu 4-6 - moved here 1941 to 1956 and now home to Finnish Financial Supervision Authority

List of ministers of defence

Source:

K. Castrén Cajander I Kallio I Kallio IV Ryti I Rangell Linkomies Hackzell U. Castrén Paasikivi II Pekkala Kekkonen V Fagerholm II Koivisto I Aho Kiviniemi Stubb Marin

References

http://www.defmin.fi/ministerio/puolustusministerio/historiaa (Finnish)
"Council of State - Ministers of War". Valtioneuvosto.fi.
"Council of State - Ministers of Defence". Valtioneuvosto.fi.

Wikipedia Source

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