Finland has made history by forming the world's first entirely woman-led government. The historic formation was officially announced on Sunday when five female-led parties came together to form a coalition. This happened after the country's female transport minister, Sanna Marin, was elected to become Prime Minister. <img class="wp-image-12568824 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2019/12/9c818ffb-finland-1.jpg" alt="The youngest prime minister in the world. " width="760" height="460" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: PA Images]] The 34-year-old will be replacing Antti Rinne as leader of the Social Democrats. The center-left coalition is now entirely led by women - four of whom are under 35. Marin's role is particularly notable, as she has become the world's youngest Prime Minister and the third female leader of Finland, <a class="body-link" href="https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000006336519.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-vars-item-name="BL-9238591-https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000006336519.html" data-vars-event-id="c6">Helsingin Sanomat</a> reports. The formation of the coalition was celebrated by former Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, who said it "shows that Finland is a modern and progressive country." <img class="wp-image-12568832 size-full" src="https://img.vt.co/2019/12/c8afeefa-finland-2.jpg" alt="Finish politicans." width="760" height="490" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: PA Images]] Marin has been an MP since 2015, and will officially take up her new position as prime minister next week. Rinne left the role citing a lack of trust after losing the support of key coalition partner, the Centre Party. Rinne became the country's first left-wing leader in 20 years when he was elected in April. But his rule came unstuck when he was criticized by the main coalition party over a two-week postal strike in November, which spread to other industries <a class="body-link" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/alitalia-finnair-strike-flights-cancelled-air-traffic-controllers-aviation-a9216406.html" data-vars-item-name="BL-9238591-https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/alitalia-finnair-strike-flights-cancelled-air-traffic-controllers-aviation-a9216406.html" data-vars-event-id="c6">including airline </a><a class="body-link" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/alitalia-finnair-strike-flights-cancelled-air-traffic-controllers-aviation-a9216406.html" data-vars-item-name="BL-9238591-https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/alitalia-finnair-strike-flights-cancelled-air-traffic-controllers-aviation-a9216406.html" data-vars-event-id="c6">Finnair</a>. When Rinne stepped down, the coalition of Social Democrats, the Centre Party and three junior partners: the Greens, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People’s Party of Finland all resigned. [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/alexstubb/status/1203911292408549376]] "My party is not in government," he later tweeted, "But I rejoice that the leaders of the five parties in government are female." The new government, which consists of the Social Democrats and the four other coalition parties, will have a strong majority of 117 in the 200-seat parliament. Finnish MP, Tytti Tuppurainen, described Sanna Marin as "a brilliant new prime minister", tweeting: "She's eminently good." The leaders of the coalition parties are Katri Kulmuni, Maria Ohisalo, Li Andersson and Anna-Maja Henriksson.

Finland forms entirely woman-led government

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