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The '''Stubb Cabinet''' was the 73rd Government of Finland, which stepped into office on 24 June 2014. It succeeded Jyrki Katainen's cabinet. The cabinet's prime minister was Alexander Stubb.
In September 2014, the Green League announced its departure from the cabinet after the majority of the cabinet voted to approve a new decision-in-principle for the Fennovoima nuclear project.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://yle.fi/uutiset/green_party_votes_unanimously_to_leave_government/7482977| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140923075212/http://yle.fi/uutiset/green_party_votes_unanimously_to_leave_government/7482977| archive-date = 2014-09-23| title = Green Party votes unanimously to leave government {{!}} Yle Uutiset {{!}} yle.fi}} </ref>
The portfolios held by Green League were divided between the leading National Coalition Party and the Social Democratic Party. Sirpa Paatero was chosen as the Minister for International Development and Sanni Grahn-Laasonen as Minister of the Environment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000002764231.html?share=1674267a6ed6065920c528d17d844d23|title=Sdp valitsi Sirpa Paateron kehitysministeriksi – kotiseutu painoi valinnassa|date=Sep 25, 2014|website=Helsingin Sanomat|accessdate=Jun 4, 2019}}</ref>
After the Greens ceased their support for Stubb's government and left it, Stubb cabinet's strength was reduced to 101 out of 200 in the Eduskunta, which is a bare majority.
The Stubb Cabinet was succeeded by the Sipilä Cabinet headed by Centre Party leader Juha Sipilä on 29 May 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://yle.fi/uutiset/president_appoints_new_cabinet/8027680 |title= President appoints new cabinet |date=29 May 2015 |website=yle.fi |publisher=Yle |access-date=29 May 2015}}</ref>
== Ministers == The NCP had six ministers in the Cabinet as did the SDP. The Green League and the Swedish People's Party had two ministers each and the Christian Democrats had one.
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Prime Minister | minister1 = Alexander Stubb | minister1_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Finance<br />Deputy Prime Minister | minister1 = Antti Rinne | minister1_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister for Foreign Affairs | minister1 = Erkki Tuomioja | minister1_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade | minister1 = Lenita Toivakka | minister1_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Justice | minister1 = Anna-Maja Henriksson | minister1_party = Swedish People's Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of the Interior | minister1 = Päivi Räsänen | minister1_party = Christian Democrats (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister for International Development | minister1 = Pekka Haavisto | minister1_party = Green League | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 26 September 2014 | minister2 = Sirpa Paatero | minister2_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister2_termstart = 26 September 2014 | minister2_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Defence | minister1 = Carl Haglund | minister1_party = Swedish People's Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Transport and Local Government | minister1 = Paula Risikko | minister1_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Education and Communications | minister1 = Krista Kiuru | minister1_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Culture and Housing | minister1 = Pia Viitanen | minister1_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Agriculture and Forestry | minister1 = Petteri Orpo | minister1_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }}
{{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Economic Affairs | minister1 = Jan Vapaavuori | minister1_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Social Affairs and Health | minister1 = Laura Räty | minister1_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Health and Social Services | minister1 = Susanna Huovinen | minister1_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of Labour | minister1 = Lauri Ihalainen | minister1_party = Social Democratic Party of Finland | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 29 May 2015 }} {{Cabinet table minister | title = Minister of the Environment | minister1 = Ville Niinistö | minister1_party = Green League | minister1_termstart = 24 June 2014 | minister1_termend = 26 September 2014 | minister2 = Sanni Grahn-Laasonen | minister2_party = National Coalition Party (Finland) | minister2_termstart = 26 September 2014 | minister2_termend = 29 May 2015 }} |}
==Environmental policy == {{See also|Peat energy in Finland}} The Stubb Cabinet's environmental minister Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (kok.) cancelled the environmental program intended to protect the wetlands, instead favouring an approach based on voluntary protection. Former Minister of the Environment Ville Niinistö (vihr.) criticised the decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/ville_niinisto_grahn-laasosen_suopaatoksesta_ennennakematonta/7530699|title=Ville Niinistö Grahn-Laasosen suopäätöksestä: Ennennäkemätöntä!|website=Yle Uutiset|accessdate=Jun 4, 2019}}</ref> The Greens left the cabinet following the cabinet's decision to back the Hanhikivi nuclear power plant with ties to Russian state-owned Rosatom.
==See also== *Politics of Finland
==References== * {{cite book | title = Programme of Prime Minister Alexander Stubb's Government | url = http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-287-131-2 | location = Helsinki | publisher = Valtioneuvoston kanslia | isbn = 978-952-287-131-2 |year = 2014 }} {{reflist}}
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