Koivisto II cabinet

The second cabinet of Mauno Koivisto was the 61st government of Finland, which was in office from 26 May 1979 to 19 February 1982. It was a majority government composed of a coalition between the Social Democrats, the Centre Party, the Swedish People’s Party, and the People’s Democratic League. The government was dissolved on 26 January 1982 due to Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto being elected the 9th President of Finland.

Assembly

Minister	Period of office	Party
Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Social Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister Eino Uusitalo	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Minister of Foreign Affairs Paavo Väyrynen	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Minister of Justice Christoffer Taxell	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Swedish People's Party
Minister of Interior Eino Uusitalo	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Interior Johannes Koikkalainen	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Defence Lasse Äikäs	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Minister of Finance Ahti Pekkala	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Minister of Education Pär Stenbäck	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Swedish People's Party
Deputy Minister of Education Kalevi Kivistö	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	People's Democratic League
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Taisto Tähkämaa	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Minister of Traffic Veikko Saarto	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	People's Democratic League
Minister of Trade and Industry Ulf Sundqvist Pirkko Työläjärvi	26 May 1979 – 30 June 1981 1 July 1981 – 19 February 1982	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Johannes Koikkalainen Esko Rekola	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982 26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister of Social Affairs and Health Sinikka Luja-Penttilä	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Social Democratic Party
Minister of Labour Arvo Aalto Jouko Kajanoja	26 May 1979 – 20 March 1981 20 March 1981 – 19 February 1982	People's Democratic League People's Democratic League
Deputy Minister of Social Affairs and Health Katri-Helena Eskelinen	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Finance Pirkko Työläjärvi Mauno Forsman	26 May 1979 – 30.6.1981 1 July 1981 – 19 February 1982	Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party
Minister at Council of State Eino Uusitalo	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Centre Party
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Esko Rekola	26 May 1979 – 26 January 1982	Independent