Former Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin is stepping away from politics after losing her leadership position in April.
Marin, who brought together a five-party, left-wing coalition in 2019, was one of the youngest leaders in Europe when she spearheaded government policy during the COVID-19 pandemic and at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Time to move on,” Marin said, according to Finnish public broadcaster YLE. “I am eager to step into a new role. I also believe that it can benefit the whole of Finland.”
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Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) finished in third place in the race with razor-thin margins after 20.8% of Finnish voters threw their weight behind the center-right National Coalition Party (NCP) and 20.1% of voters backed the right-wing populist party The Finns. Marin’s party secured 19.9% of voter support in the April election.
Marin announced Thursday she has accepted a position with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, …