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| name = Petteri Orpo
| image = Petteri-Orpo-01 (cropped).jpg
| caption = OrpoOfficial inportrait, 2023
| order = 47th
| office = Prime Minister of Finland
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| alma_mater = [[University of Turku]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
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'''Antti Petteri Orpo''' ({{IPA-|fi|ˈɑntːi ˈpetːeri ˈorpo}}; born 3 November 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/tietoa/historiaa/hallitukset-ja-ministerit/raportti/-/r/m2/938|title=Ministerin tiedot: Orpo, Antti Petteri|publisher=[[Finnish Government]]|access-date=10 April 2023|language=fi}}</ref> is a [[Finland|Finnish]] politician currently serving as the [[prime minister of Finland]] since 2023 and as the leader of the [[National Coalition Party]] since 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-20 |title=Finland's parliament backs Petteri Orpo as PM, replacing Sanna Marin |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/finlands-parliament-backs-petteri-orpo-pm-replacing-sanna-marin-2023-06-20/ |access-date=2023-06-20}}</ref> He briefly served as [[speaker of the Parliament of Finland]] after the [[2023 Finnish parliamentary election|2023 parliamentary election]].
 
He served as [[Deputy Prime Minister of Finland]] from 2017 to 2019, [[Minister of Finance (Finland)|Minister of Finance]] from 2016 to 2019, [[Minister of the Interior (Finland)|Minister of the Interior]] from 2015 to 2016 and [[Minister of Agriculture and Forestry (Finland)|Minister of Agriculture and Forestry]] from 2014 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/politics/10987-raety-orpo-and-toivakka-take-over-ministerial-portfolios.html |title=Räty, Orpo and Toivakka take over ministerial portfolios |work=Helsinki Times |date=23 June 2014 |access-date=20 July 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/sipilan-hallitus-nimitettiin?_101_INSTANCE_3qmUeJgIxZEK_groupId=10616 |title= Sipilä's Government appointed |date= 29 May 2015 |publisher= Finnish Government |access-date= 29 May 2015 |archive-date= 29 May 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150529174452/http://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/sipilan-hallitus-nimitettiin?_101_INSTANCE_3qmUeJgIxZEK_groupId=10616 |url-status= dead }}</ref> On 2 April 2023, Orpo's National Coalition Party won the 2023 parliamentary election with a plurality of 20.8% of the vote and 48 seats. Orpo garnered over 17,000 votes in his district.
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With regard to [[Immigration to Finland|immigration]], reception conditions will be restricted. Asylum will no longer be granted on a temporary basis, and six full years' residence in Finland will be required to apply for a permanent residence permit. [[Family reunification]] and access to naturalization will be restricted. In addition, the country will only accept 500 refugees per year under the relocation scheme, compared with 1,050 at present. Immigrant workers will no longer have the same social rights as permanent residents, and will have to leave the country within three months of being laid off.<ref name=":3" />
 
During the first month of his cabinet, there were numerous scandals regarding past writings by the Finns Party ministers, including the Deputy Prime Minister [[Riikka Purra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Rasistista kieltä Halla-ahon vieraskirjassa viljellyt "riikka" näyttää olevan Riikka Purra – "Olen ilmaissut itseäni tavoilla, joita en nykyään hyväksyisi" |url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000009709571.html |access-date=12 July 2023 |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ministeri Ville Tavio on puhunut väestönvaihdosta useita kertoja eduskunnassa|url=https://www.hs.fi/politiikka/art-2000009695963.html |date=2023-07-03 |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref> The scandal around Nazi-connected joking and potential connections to [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] organisations of Minister of Economic Affairs [[Vilhelm Junnila]] led to him resigning.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vilhelm Junnila aikoo erota |url=https://www.is.fi/politiikka/art-2000009689950.html |date=2023-06-30 |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> Orpo's Cabinet's party Swedish People's Party of Finland have criticized Orpo for too weak leadership during the Junnila scandal.<ref>{{cite news |title=RKP:ssä toivotaan jämäkämpää johtajuutta pääministeri Orpolta |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/fa606447-3697-436d-b519-a0ad29b89efd |access-date=12 July 2023 |publisher=Iltalehti}}</ref> Orpo's leadership among the various controversies was also questioned and criticized widely in Finnish and international media.<ref>{{cite news |title=Orpo johtaa hallitusta silmät kiinni |url=https://www.hs.fi/paakirjoitukset/art-2000009716306.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Helsingin Sanomat}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Petteri Orpon hallituksen suurin haaste voi olla Orpo itse |url=https://www.is.fi/paakirjoitus/art-2000009698090.html |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Ilta-Sanomat}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Saksan toiseksi suurin sanomalehti ryöpyttää Orpoa: "Tehnyt maalleen valtavaa vahinkoa" |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/b14a1c3f-d824-4c47-8932-53c599319c4e |access-date=15 July 2023 |work=Ilta-Sanomat}}</ref> In March 2024 Orpo stated in [[Politico Europe|Politico]] that the Finns are not a far-right party anymore in his opinion.<ref>{{cite news |title=EU election top teams take shape |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/eu-election-top-teams-take-shape/ |access-date=10 March 2024 |work=Politico}}</ref> After Orpo opened an anti racist campaign of his cabinet in August 2024 Deputy Prime Minister Purra stated the Finns Party likely do not participate as a party and added "better immigration policy" as an exaple of her anti racist deeds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Purra rasismin vastaisesta kampanjasta: ”En usko, että tulemme tähän lähtemään” |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20107281 |access-date=27 August 2024 |work=Yle}}</ref>
 
He condemned [[Hamas]]' actions during the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]] and expressed his support to [[Israel]] and its right to self-defense.<ref>{{cite news |title=Finnish leaders defend abstention in UN vote on Gaza ceasefire |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20057501 |work=Yle News |date=28 October 2023}}</ref>