According to sources Sanna Marin the 34 year old is set to become the world's youngest prime minister, and also as head of a women led coalition government in finland as reported on Monday. Reportedly Marin, who is currently the minister of Transport and Communications, narrowly won over Antti Lindtman, the 37 year old chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group, in a vote of 32-29 on Sunday.
Perhaps she was picked on sunday by her Social Democratic Party (SDP) to take charge after prime minister Antti Rinne quit after losing the confidence of a coalition member over his handling of a postal strike and apparently she is expected to be sworn in this week and will lead a centre-left coalition of five parties all headed by women. When she takes office, Marin will be the world's youngest sitting Prime Minister. Apparently new zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern is 39, while Ukrainian premier Oleksiy Honcharuk is 35.
When addressing the media Marin said "We have a lot of work to do to rebuild trust." She brushed away questions about her age, saying: "I have never thought about my age or gender, I think of the reasons I got into politics and those things for which we have won the trust of the electorate." Marin will be the third-ever female prime minister in the Nordic country. Perhaps the Social Democrats emerged as the largest party in elections held in april, and so can appoint the prime minister who leads the coalition government.
