National Coalition Party history

In 1922, the Ministry of War was renamed the Ministry of Defence, while the Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs became simply the Ministry of Education.

The Social Democrats first entered the government in 1926-27 when the party assumed office alone as a minority cabinet.

The next time was in 1937, the year of the first red-earth cabinet coalition.

In 1951, the party changed its official name from the original Kansallinen Kokoomuspuolue to the current Kansallinen Kokoomus.

Niinistö won the election, beating his Green League opponent Pekka Haavisto decisively on the second round with a 62.6% portion of the votes, and thus becoming the third president elected from the party and the first one since 1956.

A minor division in 1958 led to the formation of the Christian Democrats party.

In 1968, the Ministry of Social Affairs was expanded to become the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

O presidente do partido é , nascido em 1969. (pt)

Desde a década de 1970, o Partido da Coligação Nacional tem sido um dos principais partidos da Finlândia, com cerca de 20 por cento de apoio. (pt)

During the long years in opposition, the party's support grew steadily and in 1987 it attained the best parliamentary election result in its history so far.

During Holkeri's time in office, the Finnish economy suffered a downturn, precipitated by a multitude of factors, and the 1991 parliamentary election resulted in a loss.

In the Lipponen government elected in 1995, the Greens and a broad spectrum of leftist parties were represented, as well as the National Coalition Party.

In September 2000, the Ministry of Transport was renamed the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

The party continued in government as a minor partner until 2003.

Calamity befell Niinistö again when he and his sons were caught in (but survived) the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 that devastated Thailand during their visit to that country.

The second Vanhanen Government, from the spring of 2007, was a majority coalition formed by the Centre Party, the National Coalition Party, the Green League and the Swedish People’s Party of Finland.

The Ministry of Employment and the Economy began its operations on 1 January 2008.

Bei der Parlamentswahl 2011 wurde sie mit 20,4 % der Wählerstimmen stärkste Kraft vor den Sozialdemokraten, den Wahren Finnen und dem Zentrum.

The Left Alliance decided to leave the Government on 4 April 2014.

Sein Nachfolger Alexander Stubb erreichte 2015 nur noch den dritten Platz, woraufhin die Partei Juniorpartner in einer Regierung der Zentrumspartei wurde.

After two years as party chair, Stubb was voted by 441 to 361 to be replaced by Petteri Orpo at the leadership election of June 2016.

The Finns Party left the Government in summer 2017, but some of its MPs resigned from the party to form a new party, the Blue Reform (first the New Alternative Parliamentary Group), which continued in the Government.

Niinistö was re-elected in 2018 for a second six-year term.