Juha Sipilä

Prime Minister of Finland

25 April 1961 Veteli, Central Ostrobothnia, Finland

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29 May 2015 – 6 June 2019

Finnish politician Juha Sipilä in Vaasa, 2015 Juha Petri Sipilä (Finnish pronunciation:  ; born 25 April 1961 in Veteli) is a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2015 to 2019. A relative newcomer to politics, he has a successful background in business. He was the leader of the Centre Party from 2012 to 2019. After leading the Centre party to victory in the 2015 general election, Sipilä formed a centre-right coalition and was appointed Prime Minister by the Finnish Parliament on 29 May 2015. On 8 March 2019, Sipilä stated his intention to resign as Prime Minister, citing difficulties in reforming Finland's health care system. President Sauli Niinistö asked him to continue with a caretaker government until a new government coalition was appointed on 6 June 2019 and was ultimately succeeded by Antti Rinne.