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Alexander Stubb
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Person

Alexander Stubb

b. 1968

Finnish politician and the 13th President of Finland (2024–)

Born
1 Apr 1968 · Helsinki
Part ofFinland1510 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 67 years
  1. 1 Apr 1968BornBorn in Helsinki
  2. 2004 – 2008RoleMember of the European Parliament
  3. 2008 – 2011RoleMinister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
  4. 2008AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
  5. 2011 – 2014RoleMinister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade
  6. 2012AwardGrand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
  7. 2014 – 2016RoleChairperson of the National Coalition Party
  8. 2014 – 2015RolePrime Minister of Finland
  9. 2015AwardCross of Merit of the War Invalides
  10. 2015 – 2016RoleMinister of Finance
  11. 2018AwardOfficer of the Legion of Honour
  12. 2024RolePresident of Finland
  13. 2024AwardKnight of the Seraphim
  14. 2024AwardCollar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
  15. 2024AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  16. 2024AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty
  17. 2024AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  18. 2024AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  19. 2025AwardKnight of the Order of the Elephant
  20. 2025AwardOrder of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1968 – today).

  1. 1968Prague Spring
  2. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  3. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  4. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  7. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  8. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  9. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  10. 1985Schengen Agreement
  11. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  12. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  13. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  15. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  17. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  18. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  19. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  20. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  21. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  22. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  23. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  24. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  25. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  26. 20112011 Norway attacks
  27. 2011Libyan civil war
  28. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  29. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  30. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  31. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  32. 2015Paris Agreement
  33. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  35. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  36. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  37. 2023Gaza war
  38. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  39. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician serving as the president of Finland since 2024. A member of the National Coalition Party, he previously served as prime minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015 and has held several senior ministerial posts since 2008.

Rising in politics as a researcher specialised in the European Union, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 and was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2008. In 2011, he was elected to the Parliament of Finland and was later appointed Minister for European Affairs and Trade in the Cabinet of Jyrki Katainen.

In 2014, Stubb succeeded Katainen as leader of the National Coalition Party and was appointed prime minister by President Sauli Niinistö on 24 June, forming a five-party coalition government. Following his party's loss in the 2015 parliamentary election, he served as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. After losing the party leadership to Petteri Orpo in June 2016, Stubb stepped down as finance minister and resigned from parliament in 2017 to become vice-president of the European Investment Bank. He later served as director and professor at the European University Institute's School of Transnational Governance until 2023.

In 2023, Stubb announced his candidacy in the 2024 Finnish presidential election. He won the second round with 51.6% of the vote against former foreign minister Pekka Haavisto and took office as president in March 2024. Stubb is the second Finland-Swedish president in Finland's history, after Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, and the first to be elected to the office.

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