Antti Rinne
{{Short description|Prime Minister of Finland in 2019}}
{{Expand Finnish|topic=bio|date=June 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Antti Rinne
| image = Antti Rinne (cropped).jpg
| caption = Rinne in 2019
| office3 = Deputy Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
| term_start3 = 11 December 2019
| term_end3 = 16 December 2020
| 1blankname3 = Speaker
| 1namedata3 = Matti Vanhanen
Anu Vehviläinen
| predecessor3 = Tuula Haatainen
| successor3 = Tarja Filatov
| office = 45th Prime Minister of Finland
| president = Sauli Niinistö
| deputy = Mika Lintilä
Katri Kulmuni
| term_start = 6 June 2019
| term_end = 10 December 2019
| predecessor = Juha Sipilä
| successor = Sanna Marin
| office2 = Speaker of the Parliament of Finland
| term_start2 = 24 April 2019
| term_end2 = 5 June 2019
| predecessor2 = Paula Risikko
| successor2 = Matti Vanhanen
| office5 = Leader of the Social Democratic Party
| term_start5 = 9 May 2014
| term_end5 = 22 August 2020
| predecessor5 = Jutta Urpilainen
| successor5 = Sanna Marin
| office1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
| primeminister1 = Jyrki Katainen
Alexander Stubb
| term_start1 = 6 June 2014
| term_end1 = 29 May 2015
| predecessor1 = Jutta Urpilainen
| successor1 = Timo Soini
| office4 = Minister of Finance
| primeminister4 = Jyrki Katainen
Alexander Stubb
| term_start4 = 6 June 2014
| term_end4 = 29 May 2015
| predecessor4 = Jutta Urpilainen
| successor4 = Alexander Stubb
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|11|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Social Democratic
| spouse = Heta Ravolainen
| education = University of Helsinki
}}
Antti Juhani Rinne ({{IPA|fi|ˈɑntːi ˈjuhɑni ˈrinːe}}; born 3 November 1962) is a Finnish politician who served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from April to June 2019 and Prime Minister of Finland from June to December 2019. He led the Social Democratic Party from 2014 until 2020. In August 2023, he was hired as the General Secretary of SAMAK for a three-year term.
Biography
A lawyer by profession, Rinne holds a Candidate of Law degree from the University of Helsinki.{{Cite web |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/kuka_on_antti_rinne/7230218 |title=Kuka on Antti Rinne? |publisher=Yle |date=9 May 2014 |access-date=25 June 2015}} He served as chair of the Union of Private Sector Professionals (ERTO) from 2002 to 2005, the Union of Salaried Employees from 2005 to 2010, as well as Trade Union Pro from 2010 to 2014.
Political activities
Rinne was elected chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) on 9 May 2014, defeating Jutta Urpilainen.[http://yle.fi/uutiset/antti_rinne_on_sdpn_uusi_puheenjohtaja/7230581 Rinne defeats Jutta Urpilainen in leadership election] In 2017, he was elected for a second term as chair of the Social Democratic Party.
He was Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Finland between 2014 and 2015 and has been a Member of Parliament since 2015{{Cite web |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/1274.aspx |title=Antti Rinne |publisher=Eduskunta |access-date=30 May 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/v9l/13 |title=Council of State - Ministers of Finance|publisher=Valtioneuvosto.fi |access-date=12 January 2018 }} until 2023. In the 2019 parliamentary election, Rinne led the Social Democrats to victory and served as Speaker of Parliament before being appointed Prime Minister on 6 June 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/antti_rinne_appointed_as_finlands_new_pm/10818473|title=Antti Rinne appointed as Finland's new PM|date=6 June 2019|website=Yle Uutiset|access-date=6 June 2019}}
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{{See also|Rinne Cabinet}}
Rinne and his cabinet resigned on 3 December 2019, when the Centre Party withdrew its support{{cite news |title=Finland prime minister Antti Rinne resigns after coalition collapses |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/finland-prime-minister-antti-rinne-resigns-after-coalition-collapses-1.4103157 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=9 December 2019}} due to the 2019 Finnish postal strike. President Sauli Niinistö asked him to continue with a caretaker government until a new government was appointed.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_pm_rinne_resigns/11100374|title = Finnish PM Rinne resigns|date = 3 December 2019}} On 10 December 2019, Sanna Marin was appointed as Prime Minister of Finland.{{cite web |title=Finland's record-young PM appointed, faces confidence vote next week |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finlands_record-young_pm_appointed_faces_confidence_vote_next_week/11111398 |publisher=Yle |access-date=11 December 2019 |date=10 December 2019}}
On 11 December 2019, Rinne was elected as the First Deputy Speaker of the Parliament, replacing Tuula Haatainen, who was then named as the Minister of Employment in the Marin Cabinet.{{cite web |title=Antti Rinne eduskunnan 1. varapuhemieheksi | last= Salokorpi |first= Juhani |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11112880|publisher=Yle |access-date=11 December 2019 |date=11 December 2019}}
Rinne ran in the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election, but was not re-elected.{{cite web |title=Entinen pääministeri Antti Rinne putosi eduskunnasta – Paatero tiukassa kisassa varasijalla | last= Rämö |first= Aurora |url=https://suomenkuvalehti.fi/kotimaa/kaksi-ministeria-putoamassa-eduskunnasta-vaaravyohykkeessa-myos-varapuhemiehet-rinne-ja-eerola/|work=Suomen Kuvalehti |access-date = 6 July 2023 |date=2 April 2023}} In August 2023, Rinne was hired as the General Secretary of SAMAK for a three-year term.{{cite web |title=Ex-pääministeri Antti Rinne sai töitä | last= Waris |first= Olli |url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000009820519.html|work=Ilta-Sanomat |access-date = 30 August 2023 |date=30 August 2023}}
Controversies
In 2017, Antti Rinne provoked some controversy by encouraging Finns to reproduce.{{Cite web|url=https://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/14984-rinne-provokes-controversy-by-encouraging-finns-to-reproduce.html|title = Rinne provokes controversy by encouraging Finns to reproduce|date = 25 August 2017}}
Antti Rinne was convicted of organizing an illegal strike with the trade union Pro against the forest industry. The conviction was upheld by an appellate court with an additional decision at the end of 2018 which also ordered Rinne to pay fines and legal costs to Metsäteollisuus, and advocacy group for the forest industry. Hovioikeuden päätökset, 2018{{cite web|access-date=11 December 2019|title=Hovioikeus piti Antti Rinteen sakot työkiistasta voimassa – Lisäksi Rinne joutuu maksamaan Metsäteollisuudelle 16 000 euroa oikeudenkäyntikuluja|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10564823|website=Yle Uutiset|date=20 December 2018}}
Rinne had to resign from an ACP (Automotive, Cargo and Ports worker's union, {{Langx|fi|AKT}}) lawyer position, because he had charged twice for the same work-related commute. According to him, it had been the result of negligence and amounted to only about FIM 1,000 (€200). In 2005, the President of the ACP stated in an interview with the Suomen Kuvalehti that it was actually FIM 10,000 (€2,000). Suomen Kuvalehti 16/2005, p. 14-15
In a second court case discussed, Rinne was the manager of a housing company in Lohja, Finland. The Suomen Kuvalehti reported that he had failed to return the receipts for the year and had paid for his own telephone bill from the housing company's bank account. FIM 25,000 (€5,000) of damages were claimed from him by the housing company.{{cite web|first1=Juha-Pekka|last1=Tikka|access-date=11 December 2019|title=IS: Sdp:n Antti Rinteellä kaksi vanhaa rahasotkua|url=https://www.verkkouutiset.fi/is-sdpn-antti-rinteella-kaksi-vanhaa-rahasotkua-17763/|date=21 March 2014}}
In 2022, Rinne applied for the position of Mayor of Lohja. Rinne's party has had a long history of governing Lohja, but 2022’s election results shifted the city council to the right. The city council started deciding on the next mayor in May 2022. The mayor's selection group was led by {{ill|Joona Räsänen|fi}}, but he recused himself, as Rinne is his godparent.{{cite web |title=Antti Rinne pyrkii Lohjan kaupunginjohtajaksi|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/87fdcdeb-56a0-4e01-83ee-995d7ff9df16}}
Recognitions
Rinne was awarded the Swedish Assembly of Finland medal of merit in 2024.{{Cite news |last=Evers |first=Niklas |date=2024-11-06 |title=Folktingets medalj till Alfred Backa och Antti Rinne |url=https://www.hbl.fi/2024-11-06/folktingets-medalj-till-alfred-backa-och-antti-rinne/ |work=Hufvudstadsbladet}}{{Cite web |title=Komikern Alfred Backa får Folktingets förtjänstmedalj |url=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-10066511 |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=svenska.yle.fi |language=sv}}
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