Prime Minister’s resignation to the President of the Republic

Prime Minister Antti Rinne submitted the resignation of the Government to President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö in Mäntyniemi on 3 December 2019. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Prime Minister Antti Rinne submitted the resignation of the Government to President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö in Mäntyniemi on 3 December 2019. Photo: Matti Porre/Office of the President of the Republic of Finland

Office of the President of the Republic
Press Release 37/2019
3 December 2019

Prime Minister Antti Rinne has submitted the resignation of the Government to President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö in Mäntyniemi today, on 3 December 2019.

The President has accepted the Government’s resignation and asked it to continue on a caretaker basis until a new government has been appointed.