Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Sanna Marin just days after the country became the 31st member of NATO, the president’s office has announced.
Marin submitted her request to step down during a meeting with Niinisto at the Mantyniemi presidential residence in Helsinki on Thursday.
The president asked her to continue in a caretaker role until a new government is formed, the statement read.
Marin’s resignation follows the defeat for her Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the parliamentary election last weekend. The SPD finished third in the vote, securing 43 seats out of 200 in the Finnish legislature.
www.rt.com/news/574291-finland-marin-resigns-nato/
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