Politicians
See also: Prime Minister of Finland, President of Finland
- Esko Aho – prime minister 1991–1995
- Martti Ahtisaari – UN diplomat, Nobelist, president 1994-2000
- Karl-August Fagerholm – politician (1901 – 1984)
- Tarja Halonen – first female president, 2000–2012
- Satu Hassi – MEP
- Heidi Hautala – MEP
- Harri Holkeri – prime minister and UN diplomat
- Ville Itälä – MEP
- Max Jakobson – UN diplomat
- Anneli Jäätteenmäki – prime minister 2003
- Kyösti Kallio – president 1937–1940 (1873 – 1940)
- Urho Kekkonen – president 1956–1982 (1900 – 1986)
- Mari Kiviniemi – prime minister 2010–
- Mauno Koivisto – president 1982–1994
- Hertta Kuusinen – communist politician (1904 – 1974)
- Otto Ville Kuusinen – head of the communist Terijoki Government, later Soviet politician (1881 – 1964)
- Axel Lille – founder of the Swedish People's Party (1848 – 1921)
- Paavo Lipponen – prime minister 1995–2003, the 1st speaker of the Finnish Parliament 2003-2007
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim – commander-in-chief, regent, president 1944-1946 (1867 – 1951)
- Martti Miettunen – prime minister 1961–1962 and 1975–1977
- Sauli Niinistö
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi – president 1946–1956 (1870 – 1956)
- Lauri Kristian Relander – president 1925–1931 (1883 – 1942)
- Elisabeth Rehn – politician
- Heikki Ritavuori – assassinated minister (1880 – 1922)
- Risto Ryti – president 1940–1944 (1889 – 1956)
- Miina Sillanpää – first female minister
- Taisto Sinisalo – communist politician
- Helvi Sipilä – UN diplomat
- Johan Vilhelm Snellman – writer and senator (1806 – 1881)
- Osmo Soininvaara – minister
- Kalevi Sorsa – prime minister (1930 – 2004)
- Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg – president 1919–1925 (1865 – 1952)
- Ulf Sundqvist
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud – regent and president 1931-1937 (1861 – 1944)
- Väinö Tanner – prime minister 1926–1927 (1881 – 1966)
- Oskari Tokoi – prime minister 1917 (1873 – 1963)
- Erkki Tuomioja – foreign minister 2000–2007
- Martti Turunen – Japanese Diet member of Finnish origin 2001-
- Matti Vanhanen – prime minister 2003–2010
- Johannes Virolainen – prime minister in 1964–1966 (1914 – 2000)
- Hella Wuolijoki
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