Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (Finland)

The Minister of the Environment and Climate Change (Finnish: ympäristö- ja ilmastoministeri, Swedish: miljö- och klimatminister, formerly Minister of the Environment) is one of the ministerial portfolios which comprise the Finnish Government.^[1] The minister heads the Ministry of the Environment and is responsible for the preparation of legal matters concerning communities, the built environment, housing, biodiversity, the sustainable use of natural resources, and environmental protection in Finland.^[2] The incumbent Minister of the Environment and Climate Change is Sari Multala of the National Coalition Party.^[3]

List of ministers of the environment

No.	Portrait	Minister[4]	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party	Cabinet
1		Matti Ahde (1945–2019)	1 October 1983	30 April 1987	3 years, 211 days	SDP	Sorsa IV
2		Kaj Bärlund (born 1945)	30 April 1987	26 April 1991	3 years, 361 days	SDP	Holkeri
3		Sirpa Pietikäinen (born 1959)	26 April 1991	13 April 1995	3 years, 352 days	National Coalition	Aho
4		Pekka Haavisto (born 1958)	13 April 1995	15 April 1999	4 years, 2 days	Green	Lipponen I
5		Satu Hassi (born 1951)	15 April 1999	31 May 2002	3 years, 46 days	Green	Lipponen II
6		Jouni Backman (born 1959)	31 May 2002	17 April 2003	321 days	SDP	Lipponen II
7		Jan-Erik Enestam (born 1947)	17 April 2003	31 December 2006	3 years, 258 days	RKP	Jäätteenmäki Vanhanen I
8		Stefan Wallin (born 1967)	1 January 2007	19 April 2007	108 days	RKP	Vanhanen I
9		Paula Lehtomäki (born 1972)	19 April 2007	28 June 2007	70 days	Centre	Vanhanen II
10		Kimmo Tiilikainen (born 1966)	28 June 2007	10 April 2008	287 days	Centre	Vanhanen II
(9)		Paula Lehtomäki (born 1972)	11 April 2008	22 June 2011	3 years, 72 days	Centre	Vanhanen II Kiviniemi
11		Ville Niinistö (born 1976)	22 June 2011	26 September 2014	3 years, 96 days	Green	Katainen Stubb
12		Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (born 1983)	26 September 2014	29 May 2015	245 days	National Coalition	Stubb
(10)		Kimmo Tiilikainen (born 1966)	29 May 2015	6 June 2019	4 years, 8 days	Centre	Sipilä
13		Krista Mikkonen (born 1972)	6 June 2019	19 November 2021	2 years, 166 days	Green	Rinne Marin
14		Emma Kari (born 1983)	19 November 2021	7 June 2022	200 days	Green	Marin
15		Maria Ohisalo (born 1985)	7 June 2022	20 June 2023	3 years, 53 days	Green	Marin
16		Kai Mykkänen (born 1979)	20 June 2023	24 January 2025	2 years, 40 days	National Coalition	Orpo
17		Sari Multala (born 1978)	24 January 2025	Incumbent	187 days	National Coalition	Orpo