Finland's outgoing prime minister, Sanna Marin, said Wednesday that she will resign as the leader of her Social Democratic Party at the next party congress in the autumn, saying she hopes it will enable her 'to open a new page in my own life.'
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Social Democratic Party is presented flowers during an election party in Helsinki, Finland, Sunday, April 2, 2023. Finland's center-right National Coalition Party claimed victory with 97.7% of votes counted in an extremely tight three-way parliamentary race. They appeared to beat the ruling Social Democrats led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin.
The Social Democratic Party came in third in Sunday's election, dashing Marin's hopes of staying on as prime minister. Finland's main conservative party claimed victory in an extremely tight three-way race in which right-wing populists took second place. Her private life and active social media usage have received a lot of international coverage during her premiership. Marin said she hopes to be able to live "a slightly more peaceful life" in the future.
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