Alexander Stubb

About

Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician serving as the president of Finland since 2024. A member of the National Coalition Party, he previously served as prime minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015 and has held several senior ministerial posts since 2008.
Rising in politics as a researcher specialised in the European Union, he was elected to the European Parliament in 2004 and was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in 2008. In 2011 he was elected to the Parliament of Finland and was later appointed Minister for European Affairs and Trade in the Cabinet of Jyrki Katainen.
In 2014, Stubb succeeded Katainen as leader of the National Coalition Party and was appointed prime minister by President Sauli Niinistö on 24 June, forming a five-party coalition government. Following his party’s loss in the 2015 parliamentary election, he served as Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. After losing the party leadership to Petteri Orpo in June 2016, Stubb stepped down as finance minister and resigned from parliament in 2017 to become vice-president of the European Investment Bank. He later served as director and professor at the European University…