The world's youngest prime minister is a woman. Sanna Marin is expected to be confirmed this week as prime minister of Finland by the country's Parliament. The 34-year-old was named prime minister Sunday in a 32-29 vote by Finland's ruling Social Democratic Party, according to The Associated
Sanna Marin is expected to be confirmed this week as prime minister of Finland by the country's Parliament.
The prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, who is also in her 30s, last year became only the second elected world leader in modern times to give birth in office, joining the late Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who in 1990 gave birth to daughter Bakhtawar. One of Finland's former prime ministers, Alexander Stubb, posted on Twitter that Marin's appointment “shows that #Finland is a modern and progressive country.”
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