Alexander Stubb

Alexander Stubb is the President of Finland since March 1, 2024.

He is an experienced politician. He began working in 1995 as an adviser at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. From 1999, he was a special researcher at Finland's Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels.

In 2008, he became Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs and advocated the country's accession to NATO. From 2014 to 2015, he was Prime Minister of Finland. In February 2024, he won the presidential election in Finland.

Alexander Stubb supports Ukraine and openly says that it was solely Russia and President Putin who started the war of aggression against Ukraine.

The President of Finland explained that, in his opinion, Ukraine will not be able to become a NATO member in the short term without US consent. However, in the long term Ukraine should join the North Atlantic Alliance. 

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