The new Prime Minister of Finland, Mari Kiviniemi, has taken office. Helsinki Times reports that she was approved by 115 votes to 56 with four deputies declining to vote and 24 absent. In a subsequent vote, her government was approved by 118 votes to 66.

The party composition of the government remains the same: Centre Party (Kesk) 8 ministers, National Coalition Party (Kok) 8 ministers, Swedish People’s Party 2 ministers, and Green League 2 ministers.

There is an absolutely wonderful government website that gives the party composition, names of ministers, etc, in English for every Finnish government since 1917. The site is available here.