Sanna Marin

Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish politician who has been Prime Minister of Finland since 10 December 2019. At 35, she is the world’s fourth-youngest serving state leader and the youngest female state leader. She is the third female head of government in Finland, after Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi.

About Sanna Marin in brief

Summary Sanna MarinSanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish politician who has been Prime Minister of Finland since 10 December 2019. At 35, she is the world’s fourth-youngest serving state leader and the youngest female state leader. She is the third female head of government in Finland, after Anneli Jäätteenmäki and Mari Kiviniemi. Marin and her fiancé, Markus Räikkönen, had a daughter, Emma, in January 2018. In August 2020, Marin married at the prime minister’s official residence, Kesäranta.

During the global COVID-19 pandemic, Marin’s cabinet invoked the state of emergency in Finland to alleviate the epidemic. In October 2020, she took part in a photo shoot for the magazine Trendi in which she wore a blazer with nothing underneath. It aroused much public controversy, with critics accusing her of demeaning her office and others defending her. Marin was on the BBC’s 100 Women of the Year list.