Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland) explained

The minister for foreign affairs handles the Finnish Government's foreign policy and relations, and is in charge of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.^[1] The minister for foreign trade and development is also associated with this ministry. The current minister for foreign affairs is Elina Valtonen of National Coalition Party.

Constitutional mandate

Section 93 (Competence in the area of foreign policy issues) of the Constitution of Finland says the following:^[2]

This last paragraph specifies the constitutional responsibility of the minister for foreign affairs.

See also

• Stubb cabinet
• Sipilä cabinet
• Rinne cabinet
• Marin cabinet
• Orpo cabinet

External links

• Official Site of Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

Notes and References

1. Web site: The organisation of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. en. 2018-03-21.
2. Book: Constitution of Finland. Finnish Government. 2000.
3. Web site: List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs . Ministry of Foreign Affairs . 2009-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073918/http://formin.finland.fi/public/?contentid=41366&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI . 2011-07-16 . dead .