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The Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (Finnish: ympäristö- ja ilmastoministeri, Swedish: miljö- och klimatminister, formerly Minister of the Environment) is one of the ministerial portfolios which comprise the Finnish Government.[1] The minister heads the Ministry of the Environment and is responsible for the preparation of legal matters concerning communities, the built environment, housing, biodiversity, the sustainable use of natural resources, and environmental protection in Finland.[2] The incumbent Minister of the Environment and Climate Change is Kai Mykkänen of the National Coalition Party.
List of ministers of the environment
| No. | Portrait | Minister[3] | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Cabinet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matti Ahde (1945–2019) | 1 October 1983 | 30 April 1987 | 3 years, 211 days | SDP | Sorsa IV | |
| 2 | Kaj Bärlund (born 1945) | 30 April 1987 | 26 April 1991 | 3 years, 361 days | SDP | Holkeri | |
| 3 | Sirpa Pietikäinen (born 1959) | 26 April 1991 | 13 April 1995 | 3 years, 352 days | National Coalition | Aho | |
| 4 | Pekka Haavisto (born 1958) | 13 April 1995 | 15 April 1999 | 4 years, 2 days | Green | Lipponen I | |
| 5 | Satu Hassi (born 1951) | 15 April 1999 | 31 May 2002 | 3 years, 46 days | Green | Lipponen II | |
| 6 | Jouni Backman (born 1959) | 31 May 2002 | 17 April 2003 | 321 days | SDP | Lipponen II | |
| 7 | Jan-Erik Enestam (born 1947) | 17 April 2003 | 31 December 2006 | 3 years, 258 days | RKP | Jäätteenmäki Vanhanen I | |
| 8 | Stefan Wallin (born 1967) | 1 January 2007 | 19 April 2007 | 108 days | RKP | Vanhanen I | |
| 9 | Paula Lehtomäki (born 1972) | 19 April 2007 | 28 June 2007 | 70 days | Centre | Vanhanen II | |
| 10 | Kimmo Tiilikainen (born 1966) | 28 June 2007 | 10 April 2008 | 287 days | Centre | Vanhanen II | |
| (9) | Paula Lehtomäki (born 1972) | 11 April 2008 | 22 June 2011 | 3 years, 72 days | Centre | Vanhanen II Kiviniemi | |
| 11 | Ville Niinistö (born 1976) | 22 June 2011 | 26 September 2014 | 3 years, 96 days | Green | Katainen Stubb | |
| 12 | Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (born 1983) | 26 September 2014 | 29 May 2015 | 245 days | National Coalition | Stubb | |
| (10) | Kimmo Tiilikainen (born 1966) | 29 May 2015 | 6 June 2019 | 4 years, 8 days | Centre | Sipilä | |
| 13 | Krista Mikkonen (born 1972) | 6 June 2019 | 19 November 2021 | 2 years, 166 days | Green | Rinne Marin | |
| 14 | Emma Kari (born 1983) | 19 November 2021 | 7 June 2022 | 200 days | Green | Marin | |
| 15 | Maria Ohisalo (born 1985) | 7 June 2022 | 20 June 2023 | 1 year, 276 days | Green | Marin | |
| 16 | Kai Mykkänen (born 1979) | 20 June 2023 | Incumbent | 263 days | National Coalition | Orpo |
References
- ^ "Ministers". Valtioneuvosto. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ "The Ministry of the Environment – working together towards a sustainable future". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ "Ministerit ministeriössä". Valtioneuvosto (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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