Sanna Mirella Marin is a Finnish politician who has been Prime Minister of Finland since 10 December 2019. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she has been a member of the Parliament of Finland since 2015, and served as the Minister of Transport and Communications from 6 June to 10 December 2019. After Antti Rinne’s resignation in the wake of the 2019 postal strike, Marin became prime minister on 8 December 2019. At 34, she is the second-youngest serving state leader, the youngest female state leader, and Finland’s youngest-ever prime minister.
Marin was elected second deputy chairperson of the Social Democratic Party in 2014. In 2015, she was elected to the Finnish Parliament as an MP from the electoral district of Pirkanmaa. Four years later, she was re-elected. On 6 June 2019, she became the Minister of Transport and Communications.
In December 2019, Marin was nominated by the Social Democratic Party to succeed Antti Rinne as the Prime Minister of Finland, but Rinne formally remained party leader until June 2020. In a narrow vote, Marin prevailed over Antti Lindtman.
Marin describes herself as coming from a “rainbow family” as she was raised by same-sex parents. She was also the first person in her family to attend university.
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