In early December 2019, Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne, who headed the center-left coalition of five political parties, stepped down. The reason for his resignation was a strike of employees of the state-owned postal services company Posti which lasted over two weeks. Despite reaching a compromise between the protesting trade unionists and the Posti Executive Board, Prime Minister Rinne, in common opinion, was inefficient in managing the crisis, thereby losing confidence from his coalition partners. Sanna Marin became his successor; at the time of swearing-in, she was the youngest head of government in the world.
ZBN Analysis no. 1 (53) / 2020
7 January 2020
In early December 2019, Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne, who headed the center-left coalition of five political parties, stepped down. The reason for his resignation was a strike of employees of the state-owned postal services company Posti which lasted over two weeks. Despite reaching a compromise between the protesting trade unionists and the Posti Executive Board, Prime Minister Rinne, in common opinion, was inefficient in managing the crisis, thereby losing confidence from his coalition partners. Sanna Marin became his successor; at the time of swearing-in, she was the youngest head of government in the world. The new Prime Minister's biggest challenges include: stabilization of the situation within the ruling coalition, implementation of an ambitious reform plan, and halting the wave of populism that modern Finland has been struggling with.
In the photo: Prime Minister Antti Rinne submits his resignation to President Sauli Niinistö on the 3rd of December of 2019. Credit: Matti Porre (Office of the President of the Republic of Finland). Source: presidentti.fi.jpg