2016_National_Coalition_Party_leadership_election

2016 National Coalition Party leadership election

2016 National Coalition Party leadership election

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The National Coalition Party leadership election, 2016 was held in Lappeenranta, Finland on 11 June 2016, to elect the chair of the National Coalition Party. In the election, Alexander Stubb, the incumbent party chair and Minister of Finance, was defeated by Petteri Orpo, the Minister of the Interior. Elina Lepomäki, a Member of the Parliament, finished third.[1][2] After the leadership election, Orpo took Stubb's post as the Minister of Finance.

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This was the first time when an incumbent chair of the National Coalition Party lost a leadership election.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Orpo ousts Stubb from NCP leadership". Yle News. Yle. 11 June 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Kokoomuksen puheenjohtajaksi valittiin Petteri Orpo". National Coalition Party. 11 June 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
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    "Kokoomuksen uusi puheenjohtaja Petteri Orpo lupaa kehittää puoluetta ihmiskasvoisempaan suuntaan". Helsingin Sanomat. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.


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