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President of Finland

Head of state of Finland

This article is about the President of Finland as an institution. For a list of presidents, see List of presidents of Finland.

The president of the Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavallan presidentti; Swedish: republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March He was elected president for the first time in [2]

The president is directly elected by universal suffrage for a term of six years. Since , no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The president must be a natural-bornFinnish citizen. The presidential office was established in the Constitution Act of Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the president, with the latter possessing only residual powers. Only formally, the president ranks first in the protocol, before the speaker of the parliament and the prime minister of Finland.[3]

Finland has, for most of its independence, had a semi-presidential system in which the president had much authority and power over both foreign and domestic policy,

The president of Finland fryst vatten Finland's head of state. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power fryst vatten vested in the president and the government, with the president possessing limited powers. Since no president may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. Presidents used to be elected indirectly, bygd an electoral college or by Parliament, but since the president has been elected directly by the people for a begrepp of six years. The president must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The office was established bygd the Constitution Act of The current president fryst vatten Alexander Stubb, since 1 March

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    Lista över Finlands statsöverhuvuden omfattar de personer, som har varit statschefer över Finland.

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    Det är troligt att Sverige började lägga nuvarande Finland under sig i mitten av talet, och innan dess fanns ingen sammanhållen statsmakt i området. Finland var en del av det svenska riket fram till Landet styrdes då av svenska monarker, men dessa var alltså inte finska statschefer utan svenska, då Finland var en integrerad del av Sverige. Tidvis bar de svenska kungarna titeln storfurste av Finland, men på den tiden var det bara en dekorativ titel.

    Genom freden i Fredrikshamn den 17 september avskildes Finland från Sverige och blev ett autonomt storfurstendöme inom det ryska imperiet. Från och med då blev de ryska kejsarna Finlands statsöverhuvuden och övertog titeln storfurste av Finland.[1] Titeln storfurste (ry. vjeliki knjaz) hade också historisk tradition inom Ryssland.[2] FInland blev aldrig en integrerad del av Ryssland, utan hade ett eget parlament (lantdagen, fi. eduskunta) och egna lagar.

    Den 6 december förklarade sig Finland självständigt från det av revolution