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Regions of Finland (from 2010)
Note: The 6 provinces of Finland were abolished on 1 Jan 2010, they were replaced by the 19 (later 18) regions (maakunta/landskap), including the Ahvenanmaa/Åland autonomous region, which had already been established in 1994 as economic regions (taloudelliset maakunnat). The regions are governed by regional councils, which serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of a region. The head of a region is the director of the regional council (maakuntajohtaja/landskapsförbund), which is sometimes translated as regional director. Names of regions are given in both official languages (Finnish/Swedish).
Ahvenanmaa/Åland: see Aland Islands under Finland
Etelä-Karjala/Södra Karelen (South Karelia)
![[Etelä-Karjala/Södra Karelen region (Finland)]](fi-Etela-Karjala.png "[Etelä-Karjala/Södra Karelen region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Jan 2010 - 1 Dec 2013 Timo Santeri Puttonen (b. 1950)
1 Dec 2013 - Sep 2020 Matti Tapani Viialainen (b. 1953)
Sep 2020 - Satu Lampinen Sikanen (f) (b. 1977)
Etelä-Pohjanmaa/Södra Österbotten (Southern Ostrobothnia)
![[Etelä-Pohjanmaa/Södra Österbotten region (Finland)]](fi-Etela-Pohjanmaa.png "[Etelä-Pohjanmaa/Södra Österbotten region
(Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
2006 - Feb 2022 Asko Antero Peltola (b. 1957)
Feb 2022 - Heli Seppelvirta (f) (b. 1978)
Etelä-Savo/Södra Savolax (Southern Savonia)
![[Etelä-Savo/Södra Savolax region (Finland)]](fi-Etela-Savo.png "[Etelä-Savo/Södra Savolax region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
2007 - 1 Dec 2013 Matti Tapani Viialainen (b. 1953)
1 Dec 2013 - Mar 2014 Riitta Koskinen (f) (acting)
Mar 2014 - Pentti Mäkinen (b. 1956)
Itä-Uusimaa/Östra Nyland (Eastern Uusimaa)
![[Itä-Uusimaa/Östra
Nyland region (Finland)]](fi-Ita-Uusimaa-jpg.jpg "[Itä-Uusimaa/Östra
Nyland region (Finland)]")
1 Jan 2011 Merged into Uusimaa/Nyland.
Director of the Regional Council
2003 - 31 Dec 2010 Jaakko Antii Mikkola (b. 1961)
Kainuu/Kajanaland
![[Kainuu/Kajanaland region
(Finland)]](fi-Kainuu.png "[Kainuu/Kajanaland region
(Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Aug 2008 - 2013 Alpo Jokelainen
25 Mar 2013 - Pentti Malinen (b. 1956)
Kanta-Häme/Egentliga Tavastland (Tavastia Proper)
![[Flag of Kanta-Häme/Egentliga
Tavastland region (Finland)]](fi-h.gif "[Flag of
Kanta-Häme/Egentliga Tavastland region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
2004 - 31 Jan 2013 Juhani Honka
1 Feb 2013 - 1 Sep 2016 Timo Reina
1 Sep 2016 - 1 Jan 2022 Anna-Mari Ahonen (f)
1 Jan 2022 - Jouko Ylipaavalniemi (acting)
Keski-Pohjanmaa/Mellersta Österbotten (Central Ostrobothnia)
![[Keski-Pohjanmaa/Mellersta Österbotten region
(Finland)]](fi-Keski-Pohjanmaa.png "[Keski-Pohjanmaa/Mellersta Österbotten
region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1994 - 11 Aug 2011 Altti Seikkula (b. 1948 - d. 2011)
26 Oct 2011 - May 2018 Jukka Ylikarjula
May 2018 - Jyrki Kaiponen (acting to Nov 2018)
Keski-Suomi/Mellersta Finland (Central Finland)
![[Keski-Suomi/Mellersta Finland
region (Finland)]](fi-cf.gif "[Keski-Suomi/Mellersta Finland
region (Finland)]")
Director of the Regional Council
Sep 2002 - 2016 Anita Mikkonen (f)
1 May 2016 - 31 Jan 2021 Tapani Mattila
(on leave from 7 Jan 2020)
7 Jan 2020 - Pekka Hokkanen
(acting [for Mattila to 31 Jan 2021] to 28 May 2021)
Kymenlaakso/Kymmenedalen
![[Kymenlaakso/Kymmenedalen
region (Finland)]](fi-Kymenlaakso.png "[Kymenlaakso/Kymmenedalen region
(Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Jan 2010 - 1 Feb 2012 Tapio Välinoro (b. 1949)
1 Feb 2012 - 2016 Juha Haapaniemi
1 Aug 2016 - Jaakko Antti Mikkola (b. 1961)
Lappi/Lappland (Lapland)
![[Flag of Lappi/Lapland region
(Finland)]](fi-l.gif "[Flag of Lappi/Lapland region
(Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Jan 2010 - 26 Nov 2012 Esko Juhani Lotvonen (b. 1952)
26 Nov 2012 - Mika Riipi (b. 1975)
Pirkanmaa/Birkaland
![[Pirkanmaa/Birkaland region (Finland)]](fi-Pirkanmaa.png "[Pirkanmaa/Birkaland region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Jan 2010 - Oct 2010 Jussi Veli Johannes Niemi
Oct 2010 - Apr 2022 Esa Jukka Halme (f) (b. 1958)
25 Apr 2022 - Anna-Mari Ahonen (f)
Pohjanmaa/Österbotten (Ostrobothnia)
![[Pohjanmaa/Österbotten region (Finland)]](fi-Pohjanmaa.png "[Pohjanmaa/Österbotten region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
2008 - 1 May 2017 Olav Jernille
1 May 2017 - Kaj Suomela (b. 1957)
Pohjois-Karjala/Norra Karelen (Northern Karelia)
![[Pohjois-Karjala/Norra Karelen
region (Finland)]](fi-pk.gif "[Pohjois-Karjala/Norra Karelen
region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
2001 - 2015 Pentti Juhani Hyttinen (b. 1962)
2015 - 2016 Eira Varis (f)(acting)
1 Jan 2016 - Jan 2021 Risto Poutiainen (b. 1958)
Jan 2021 - Markus Hirvonen (b. 1983)
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa/Norra Österbotten (Northern Ostrobothnia)
![[Flag of Pohjois-Pohjanmaa/Norra
Österbotten region (Finland)]](fi-p.gif "[Flag of
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa/Norra Österbotten region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Apr 2008 - Pauli Kalervo Harju (b. 1960)
Aug 2016 - Oct 2017 ... (acting for Harju)
Pohjois-Savo/Norra Savolax (Northern Savonia)
![[Flag of Pohjois-Savo/Norra Savolax
region (Finland)]](fi-q.gif "[Flag of Pohjois-Savo/Norra
Savolax region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
Feb 2005 - Sep 2016 Jussi Huttunen (b. 1941)
Sep 2016 - Marko Korhonen
Päijät-Häme/Päijänne Tavastland (Päijänne Tavastia)
![[flag of Päijät-Häme
region (Finland)]](fi-Paijat-Hamepng.png "[flag of Päijät-Häme region
(Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Jan 2010 - 2010 Esa Halme (b. 1958)
2010 Tuula Loikkanen (f)(acting)
2010 - 28 Aug 2018 Jari Parkkonen (b. 1975?)
2018 - 26 Jul 2021 Laura Leppänen (f)
(acting to 9 Jan 2019)
23 Aug 2021 - Niina Pautola-Mol (f)
Satakunta/Satakunda
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![[Satakunta/Satakunda region (Finland)]](fi-Satakunta.png "[Satakunta/Satakunda region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1 Apr 2007 - 6 Feb 2017 Pertti Rajala (b. 1954)
6 Feb 2017 - 1 Mar 2017 Jukka Mäkilä (acting)
1 Mar 2017 - Asko Aro-Heinilä
Uusimaa/Nyland
![[Flag of Uusimaa/Nyland region
(Finland)]](fi-u.gif "[Flag of Uusimaa/Nyland region
(Finland)]")
Director of the Regional Council
2008 - Ossi Savolainen (b. 1956)
Varsinais-Suomi/Egentliga Finland (Finland Proper)
![[Varsinais-Suomi/Egentliga Finland
region (Finland)]](fi-v.gif "[Varsinais-Suomi/Egentliga
Finland region (Finland)]")
Directors of the Regional Council
1998 - 2015 Juho Savo (b. 1949)
Feb 2015 - Kari Pekka Häkämies (b. 1956)
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