Finland's new female-powered government sworn in
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Finland's new center-left coalition government has been sworn, with the country's first Social Democratic prime minister in 16 years assuming office along with a Cabinet where women are in the majority.
The 19-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Antti Rinne was approved Thursday in the 200-seat Eduskunta legislature, after which President Sauli Niinisto appointed it.
Eleven of the Cabinet members are female, reflecting Nordic gender equality in the nation's politics.
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The Social Democratic Party, the Center Party, the Greens, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People's Party of Finland clinched a coalition deal Monday after weeks of intensive talks.
The five parties muster a comfortable 117 seats in the Parliament.
Rinne's Social Democrats became Finland's largest party in the April 14 general election by an extremely narrow margin over the populist Finns Party.