At 34, Finland’s “Sann Marin” has earned the distinction of becoming the world’s youngest Prime Minister. Notably, She was the first person in her family to go to university. She is one politician who will certainly appeal to the millennial ‘Instagram generation’- as Finland is hit by strikes and populist nationalism looms over its politics.
She becomes not only Finland’s youngest ever PM, but also the world’s youngest sitting head of government, ahead of Ukraine’s Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk. Sann Marin become Finland’s third female PM- World’s Youngest PM.
Significantly, She rose quickly through the ranks of the Social Democrats, heading the city administration in Tampere at the age of 27 and becoming an MP in 2015. She has been transport and communications minister since June and has a 22-month-old daughter.
Further, Sanna Marin, leader of Finland’s Social Democratic Party, has in the past charted her pregnancy journey on her Instagram page, sharing selfies of her pregnancy bump and even a candid shot of her breastfeeding her four-week-old daughter Emma Amalia Marin, the report remarked.
While several reports has been attributed that, She was raised in a “rainbow family”, living in a rented apartment with her mother and her mother’s female partner. She told the Menaiset website (in Finnish) in 2015 that as a child she felt “invisible” because she was unable to talk openly about her family.
She also shared poolside shots from a romantic holiday to Italy in July 2017, during which she and her husband Markus travelled to Portofino, Rome, Sardinia and Veneto, as well as snaps from Pride events, where she showcased her support for same-sex marriages.
Despite this, She also shared fun pictures of her eating ice cream and candyfloss. The Helsinki-born former transport minister will be the country’s third woman leader of the government. As for her appointment, Marin stated she has “never thought” about her age or gender.
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