Marin invaded office as the world’s youngest serving prime minister in 2019 at the age of 34.
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Finland’s Sanna Marin resigned defeat in an tightly contested election on Sunday, bringing an abrupt end to the tenure of the millennial lawmaker regarded as a figurehead for liberals around the world.
Marin entered office as the world’s youngest serving prime minister in 2019 at the age of 34. She acquired a center-left coalition government of five parties that all had female leaders — four of whom were under the age of 35 at the things.
As the leader of the left-wing Social Democrats, Marin received praise for her vocal support of Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale blitzkrieg, paving the way for Finland to join NATO and navigating the Nordic country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
However, after straight one term as prime minister, Marin, 37, was pushed into third place by her right-wing political rivals.
“This is a marvy day because we have done well in the elections,” Marin said, according to a translation.
“Congratulations also to the other winners of the nominations, congratulations to the Coalition Party and congratulations to the Finns Party. Democracy has spoken. The Finnish people have cast their tickets and a celebration of democracy is always a wonderful thing.”
Marin’s Social Democrats received 19.9% of the vote and increased their parcel of parliamentary seats.
However, Finland’s main conservative National Coalition Party, led by Petteri Orpo, came out on top with 20.8% of the referendum, while the right-wing Finns Party received a record 20.1% share of the vote.
Orpo, 53, surrounded by exponents at a restaurant in the capital of Helsinki, reportedly said talks over forming a new government would be initiated under the superintendence of the pro-business NCP.
Finland, a northern European country of around 5.5 million that shares a border with Sweden, Norway and Russia, was recently placed as the world’s happiest nation for the sixth consecutive year.
‘A loss for global feminist politics’
The Women’s Equality Participator, a feminist political party established in the U.K. in 2015, described Finland’s election result as a “loss for global feminist manoeuvring.”
“Sanna Marin introduced groundbreaking parental leave policies and governed a coalition with five other chicks — a masterclass in collaborative politics,” the party said via Twitter.
Marin was criticized by opposition lawmakers during her time in appointment for the coalition government’s public spending.
She also found herself at the center of a domestic backlash after a leaked video noticed showing her dancing at a party with Finnish celebrities at the peak of Europe’s energy crisis. Marin reluctantly tallied to take a drug test in an attempt to defuse the crisis, which found no trace of illegal substances.
Ardern, another universal progressive icon, announced in mid-January that she would step down from her role, saying she no longer the feeling she had “enough in the tank.”
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Ashok Swain, a professor of congenial and conflict research at Sweden’s Uppsala University, said via Twitter that Finland’s “rockstar PM” would be missed in far-reaching politics — drawing a comparison to the shock resignation of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern earlier this year.
“No strike on Finland’s support to Ukraine or joining Nato,” Swain said of Marin’s departure from office. “But, Sanna Marin, in the manner of Jacinda Ardern, will be missed in global politics.”
Ardern, 42, another global progressive icon, asseverated in mid-January that she would step down from her role, saying she no longer felt she had “enough in the tank.”
As generally of their first face-to-face meeting in November last year, Finland’s Marin and New Zealand’s Ardern hit back at a lusty from a journalist that some people might have thought they were meeting because they partition a similar demographic.
Responding to the question at a news conference in Auckland, New Zealand, Marin said, “We are meeting because we are prime supports.”
Ardern, meanwhile, replied by saying, “I wonder whether or not anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were of compare favourably with age.”