34-year-old Sanna Marin will head the government of Finland and become the youngest prime minister in the world. Marin is due to take the oath of office this week, BBC reports.
She will lead a centre-left coalition of five parties, also led by women. Former prime minister Antti Rinne resigned last week, losing the confidence of coalition members after accusations of lying and as a result of a “postal strike” in the country.
Before Marin, the world's youngest prime minister was Oleksiy Honcharuk, who is only a year and a half older than her. Besides them, one of the youngest government leaders is considered to be New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is 39 years old.
Marin will become the third woman prime minister in the history of the Nordic countries.