Cabinet Name: | Sorsa's Third Cabinet |
Cabinet Number: | 62nd |
Jurisdiction: | Finland |
Flag: | Flag_of_Finland.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 19 February 1982 |
Date Dissolved: | 6 May 1983 |
Government Head: | Kalevi Sorsa |
Political Party: | 19 February 1982 to 31 December 1982 Social Democratic Party Centre Party Swedish People's Party Finnish People's Democratic League 31 December 1982 to 6 May 1983 Social Democratic Party Centre Party Swedish People's Party Liberal People's Party |
Election: | 1979 parliamentary election |
The third cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa was the 62nd government of Finland. The majority government lasted from 19 February 1982 to 6 May 1983. The cabinet's prime minister was Kalevi Sorsa. The Finnish People's Democratic League disapproved of the government's decision to raise the country's defence budget, which led to a governmental crisis, which culminated in the FPDL being forced to resign from the government by the prime minister on 31 December 1982.[1] As a result of the change, the Liberal People's Party joined the coalition and, together with the rest of the previous government, formed the Sorsa IIIb Cabinet.
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