Prime Minister of the Republic of Finland

 Jyrki Katainen is the Prime Minister of Finland and leader of the National Coalition Party. Prior to his appointment as Prime Minister in June 2011, Mr Katainen served as Minister of Finance in 2007-2011. He was first elected as Member of Parliament in 1999. Mr Katainen has also been the Vice-President of the European People’s Party, EPP, since 2006 and before that he was the Vice-President of the Party’s youth organisation, YEPP, in 1998-2000. Prime Minister Katainen was born in 1971 in Siilinjärvi, Finland. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Tampere.