Lipponen II cabinet

Paavo Lipponen's second cabinet was the 67th government of Finland. The cabinet was in office from 15 April 1999 to 17 April 2003.^[1] It was a center-left majority government, despite the center-right National Coalition Party's inclusion in the cabinet.^{[citation needed]}

Lipponen's Second Cabinet
67th Cabinet of Finland
Paavo Lipponen in February 2002
Date formed	15 April 1999
Date dissolved	17 April 2003
People and organisations
Head of state	Martti Ahtisaari Tarja Halonen
Head of government	Paavo Lipponen
Member parties	National Coalition Party Social Democratic Party Green League (until 31 May 2002) Swedish People's Party Left Alliance
Status in legislature	1999–May 2002 Majority (coalition) 139 / 200 (70%) June 2002–2003 Majority 128 / 200 (64%)
Opposition party	Center Christian League Reform Finns
History
Election	1999 Finnish parliamentary election
Predecessor	Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet
Successor	Anneli Jäätteenmäki's Cabinet

The Green League left the government on 31 May 2002 in protest of the government's decision to build the country's fifth nuclear power plant.^{[2][additional citation(s) needed]}

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister	Paavo Lipponen	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		SDP
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Tarja Halonen	15 April 1999	25 February 2000		SDP
	Erkki Tuomioja	25 February 2000	17 April 2003		SDP
Minister of Justice	Johannes Koskinen	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		SDP
Minister of the Interior	Kari Häkämies	15 April 1999	1 June 2000		National Coalition
	Ville Itälä	1 June 2000	17 April 2003		National Coalition
Minister of Defence	Jan-Erik Enestam	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		RKP
Minister of Finance	Sauli Niinistö	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		National Coalition
Coordinate Minister of Finance	Suvi-Anne Siimes	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		Left Alliance
Minister of Education	Maija Rask	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		SDP
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	Kalevi Hemilä [fi]	15 April 1999	1 February 2002		Neutral
	Jari Koskinen	1 February 2002	31 May 2002		Neutral
Minister of Transport	Olli-Pekka Heinonen	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		National Coalition
Minister of Transport and Communications	Olli-Pekka Heinonen	1 October 2000	4 January 2002		National Coalition
	Kimmo Sasi	4 January 2002	17 April 2003		National Coalition
Minister of Trade and Industry	Erkki Tuomioja	15 April 1999	25 February 2000		SDP
	Sinikka Mönkäre	25 February 2000	17 April 2003		SDP
Minister of Social Affairs and Health	Maija Perho	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		National Coalition
Minister of Health and Social Services	Eva Biaudet	15 April 1999	25 April 2000		RKP
	Osmo Soininvaara	25 April 2000	19 April 2002		Green
	Eva Biaudet	19 April 2002	17 April 2003		RKP
Minister of Labour	Sinikka Mönkäre	15 April 1999	25 February 2000		SDP
	Tarja Filatov	25 February 2000	17 April 2003		SDP
Minister of the Environment	Satu Hassi	15 April 1999	31 May 2002		Green
	Jouni Backman [fi]	31 May 2002	17 May 2003		SDP
Minister of Culture	Suvi Lindén	15 April 1999	5 June 2002		National Coalition
	Kaarina Dromberg	5 June 2002	17 April 2003		National Coalition
Minister of Regional and Municipal Affairs	Martti Korhonen	15 April 1999	17 April 2003		Left Alliance
Minister of Foreign Trade	Kimmo Sasi	15 April 1999	4 January 2002		National Coalition
	Jari Vilén	4 January 2002	17 April 2003		National Coalition

See also

• Paavo Lipponen's first cabinet