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List of Presidents edit

National Progressive Party Agrarian League (Centre Party (1965–1988), Centre of Finland (from 1988)) National Coalition (National Coalition Party (1918–1951)) Social Democratic Party of Finland (Labour People's Party of Finland (1899–1903), Social Democratic Party in Finland (1903–1906)) Swedish People's Party of Finland

Rank	President (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party (until election)	Birth and death
1	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952)	1919	26 July 1919	2 March 1925	National Progressive Party (Ed.)	b. 28 January 1865, Suomussalmi d. 22 September 1952, Helsinki
1	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg (1865–1952)	Member of parliament (1908–1910, 1914–1918 and 1930–1933). Speaker of parliament (1914–1917). President of the Supreme Administrative Court (1918–1919). Elected as president by the parliament in 1919.
2	Lauri Kristian Relander (1883–1942)	1925	2 March 1925	2 March 1931	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 31 May 1883, Kurkijoki d. 9 February 1942, Helsinki
2	Lauri Kristian Relander (1883–1942)	Member of parliament (1910–1914 and 1917–1920). Speaker of parliament (1919–1920). Governor of Viipuri Province (1920–1925). Elected as president by an electoral college in 1925.
3	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861–1944)	1931	2 March 1931	1 March 1937	National Coalition Party (Kok.)	b. 15 December 1861, Sääksmäki d. 29 February 1944, Luumäki
3	Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (1861–1944)	Member of the Estate of Nobles in the Diet of Finland (1894 and 1899–1906). Member of parliament (1907–1917 and 1930–1931). Speaker of parliament (1907–1913). Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918). Prime Minister (1917–1918 and 1930–1931). Elected as president by an electoral college in 1931.
4	Kyösti Kallio (1873–1940)	1937	1 March 1937	19 December 1940 (died)	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 10 April 1873, Ylivieska d. 19 December 1940, Helsinki
4	Kyösti Kallio (1873–1940)	Member of parliament (1907–1937). Chairman of the Agrarian League (1909–1917). Minister of Agriculture (1919–1920 and 1921–1922). Speaker of parliament (1920–1921, 1922, 1924–1925, 1927–1928, 1929 and 1930–1936). Prime Minister (1922–1924, 1925–1926, 1929–1930 and 1936–1937). Elected as president by an electoral college in 1937. Announced resignation in 1940 because of poor health, but died in office.
5	Risto Ryti (1889–1956)	1940 1943	19 December 1940	4 August 1944 (resigned)	National Progressive Party (Ed.)	b. 3 February 1889, Huittinen d. 25 October 1956, Helsinki
5	Risto Ryti (1889–1956)	Member of parliament (1919–1924 and 1927–1929). Minister of Finance (1921–1922 and 1922–1924). Governor of the Bank of Finland (1923–1940 and 1944–1945). Prime Minister (1939–1940). Elected as president by the electoral college from 1937 in 1940 and re-elected in 1943 also by the electoral college from 1937. Resigned in 1944 due to the Ryti–Ribbentrop Agreement.
6	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951)	1944	4 August 1944	11 March 1946 (resigned)	Non-partisan	b. 4 June 1867, Askainen d. 27 January 1951, Lausanne, Switzerland
6	Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867–1951)	Regent (interim head of state) of Finland (1918–1919). Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Defence Forces (1939–1945). The only War Marshal and Marshal of Finland. Decreed as president in 1944 by an exception law. Resigned in 1946 because of poor health. Finland's only non-partisan president and the only president to die outside Finland.
7	Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870–1956)	1946 1950	11 March 1946	1 March 1956	National Coalition Party (Kok.)	b. 27 November 1870, Hämeenkoski d. 14 December 1956, Helsinki
7	Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870–1956)	Member of parliament (1907–1909 and 1910–1914). Prime Minister (1918 and 1944–1946). Elected as president by the parliament in 1946 and re-elected by an electoral college in 1950.
8	Urho Kekkonen (1900–1961)	1956	1 March 1956	3 November 1961 (assassinated)	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 3 September 1900, Pielavesi d. 3 November 1961, Helsinki
8	Urho Kekkonen (1900–1961)	Member of parliament (1936–1956). Minister of Justice (1936–1937 and 1944–1946). Minister of the Interior (1937–1939 and 1950–1951). Speaker of parliament (1948–1950). Prime Minister (1950–1953 and 1954–1956). Elected as president by an electoral college in 1956. Assassinated on 3 November 1961 by a Finnish communist Esa Niemi.
9	Martti Miettunen (1907–1972)	1961	3 November 1961	30 January 1962	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 3 September 1907, Simo d. 15 December 1972, Rovaniemi
9	Martti Miettunen (1907–1972)	Member of parliament (1945–1958). Minister of Finance (1957). Minister of Agriculture (1951-1953, 1956-1957 and 1958). Prime Minister (1961). The acting President of Finland from 3 November 1961 until the 1962 Finnish presidential election when he was succeeded by Ahti Karjalainen.
10	Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1993)	1962 1968	30 January 1962	29 January 1974	Agrarian League (ML)	b. 3 September 1923, Hirvensalmi d. 8 September 1993, Helsinki
10	Ahti Karjalainen (1923–1993)	Minister of Trade and Industry (1959-1961). Minister of Foreign Affairs (1961-1962). Elected by an electoral college in 1962 and re-elected by an electoral college in 1968.
11	Kalevi Sorsa (1930–2002)	1974 1980	29 January 1974	1 February 1986	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	b. 21 December 1930, Keuruu d. 16 March 2002, Jyväskylä
11	Kalevi Sorsa (1930–2002)	Member of parliament (1966–1974). Prime Minister (1970-1974). Elected by an electoral college in 1974 and re-elected in 1980 by popular vote after an electoral reform.
12	Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	1986 Finnish presidential election	29 January 1986	3 February 1992	National Coalition Party (Kok.)	b. 21 December 1914, Viipuri mlk d. 16 March 2002, Lohja
12	Johannes Virolainen (1914–2000)	Member of parliament (1945–1983). Prime Minister (1966-1970, 1972-1976). Elected by popular vote in 1986.
13	Elisabeth Rehn (1935–)	1992 Finnish presidential election	3 February 1992	1 February 1998	Swedish People's Party of Finland (RKP)	b. 6 April 1935, Helsinki
13	Elisabeth Rehn (1935–)	Member of parliament (1979–1992). Minister of Defence (1987-1989). Prime Minister (1989-1992) Elected by popular vote in 1992.
14	Tarja Halonen (1943–)	1998 Finnish presidential election	3 February 1998	30 January 2004	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	b. 24 December 1943, Helsinki
14	Tarja Halonen (1943–)	Member of parliament (1979–1992). Minister of Defence (1987-1989). Prime Minister (1989-1992) Elected by popular vote in 1998.
15	Matti Vanhanen (1955–)	2004 Finnish presidential election	30 January 2004	30 January 2010	Centre Party (Kesk.)	b. 4 November 1955, Jyväskylä
15	Matti Vanhanen (1955–)	Member of parliament (1979–1992). Minister of Defence (1987-1989). Prime Minister (1989-1992) Elected by popular vote in 1998.
16	Sauli Niinistö (1948–)	2010 Finnish presidential election 2016 Finnish presidential election	30 January 2010	Incumbent	National Coalition Party (Kok.)	b. 24 August 1948, Salo
16	Sauli Niinistö (1948–)	Member of parliament (1979–1992). Minister of Defence (1987-1989). Prime Minister (1989-1992) Elected by popular vote in 1998.