Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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cabinet position government ministerial office public office

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland is the cabinet-level government official responsible for directing Finland’s foreign policy and representing the country in international relations and diplomacy.

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Label	Occurrences
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland canonical	10

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1837148 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Context triple: [Alexander Stubb, positionHeld, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland]

A. Minister of the Interior of Finland
The Minister of the Interior of Finland is the cabinet member responsible for internal security, immigration, rescue services, and overseeing the Finnish police administration.
B. Minister of Justice of Finland
The Minister of Justice of Finland is the cabinet member responsible for overseeing the country’s legal system, including legislation, courts, and the protection of fundamental rights.
C. Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs is France’s chief government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy, diplomatic relations, and European affairs.
D. Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland
The Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland is the cabinet-level government official responsible for national economic policy, industrial development, and business regulation in Finland.
E. Minister of Education of Finland
The Minister of Education of Finland is the cabinet-level official responsible for national education policy, including schools, higher education, and often science and culture, within the Finnish government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Target entity description: The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland is the cabinet-level government official responsible for directing Finland’s foreign policy and representing the country in international relations and diplomacy.

A. Minister of the Interior of Finland
The Minister of the Interior of Finland is the cabinet member responsible for internal security, immigration, rescue services, and overseeing the Finnish police administration.
B. Minister of Justice of Finland
The Minister of Justice of Finland is the cabinet member responsible for overseeing the country’s legal system, including legislation, courts, and the protection of fundamental rights.
C. Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs is France’s chief government official responsible for directing the country’s foreign policy, diplomatic relations, and European affairs.
D. Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland
The Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland is the cabinet-level government official responsible for national economic policy, industrial development, and business regulation in Finland.
E. Minister of Education of Finland
The Minister of Education of Finland is the cabinet-level official responsible for national education policy, including schools, higher education, and often science and culture, within the Finnish government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Foreign Minister of Finland ⓘ
appointedBy	President of Finland ⓘ
belongsTo	executive branch of Finland ⓘ
country	Finland ⓘ
firstHolder	Carl Enckell ⓘ
formationYear	1918 ⓘ
hasDepartment	Department for Development Policy of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs ⓘ Department for External Economic Relations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs ⓘ Political Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs ⓘ
hasTermLength	no fixed term ⓘ
heads	Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Finland ⓘ linked to: Finland
languageOfNativeLabel	Finnish ⓘ Swedish ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Finland ⓘ
locatedIn	Government Palace, Helsinki ⓘ
memberOf	Finnish Council of State ⓘ linked to: Finnish government Finnish cabinet ⓘ linked to: Finnish government
nativeLabel	ulkoministeri ⓘ utrikesminister ⓘ
nominatedBy	Prime Minister of Finland ⓘ
officeHoldersMustBe	eligible members of Parliament of Finland ⓘ
oversees	Finnish diplomatic missions abroad ⓘ foreign service of Finland ⓘ linked to: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
participatesIn	European Union Foreign Affairs Council ⓘ linked to: Council of the European Union European Union foreign affairs decision-making ⓘ Nordic foreign policy cooperation ⓘ
partOf	Government of Finland ⓘ linked to: Finnish government
portfolioIncludes	development cooperation ⓘ international trade policy (in coordination with other ministers) ⓘ security policy ⓘ
reportsTo	Parliament of Finland ⓘ Prime Minister of Finland ⓘ
represents	Finland in foreign affairs ⓘ Finland in international organizations ⓘ
responsibleFor	diplomatic relations of Finland ⓘ foreign policy of Finland ⓘ implementation of Finland’s foreign policy guidelines ⓘ international relations of Finland ⓘ
seat	Helsinki ⓘ
style	Minister ⓘ
symbol	Coat of arms of Finland ⓘ linked to: Finnish coat of arms
termDependsOn	confidence of Parliament of Finland ⓘ
worksWith	Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Finland ⓘ President of Finland in foreign and security policy ⓘ linked to: President of Finland

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Stubb → positionHeld → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Erkki Tuomioja → positionHeld → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

subject linked to: Tuomioja

Ambassador of Finland → supervisingAuthority → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Eljas Erkko → positionHeld → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

subject linked to: Erkko

Kalevi Sorsa → positionHeld → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Paavo Väyrynen → positionHeld → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Ambassador of Finland to Malta → reportsTo → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Ulkoministeriö → headedBy → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Väinö Leskinen → positionHeld → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

Political Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs → subordinateTo → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland ⓘ

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