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Mari Kiviniemi

prime minister of Finland

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Mari Kiviniemi served as the prime minister of Finland from June 2010 to June 2011. She was the leader of the Centre Party and became the second woman to hold the position of Finnish prime minister. Her premiership occurred during a challenging economic period for Finland, marked by the euro-zone debt crisis. Kiviniemi's Centre Party experienced a significant drop in seats in the 2011 parliamentary elections, leading to the party's exit from the government.12

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