# Finland's new prime minister is 34

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 9, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621 "2019-12-09T22:01:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/1 "2019-12-09T22:01:47Z")

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She takes office tomorrow. Not old enough to be president of US

> **[At 34, Finland's Sanna Marin Set To Become World's Youngest Sitting Prime...](https://www.npr.org/2019/12/09/786308847/at-34-finlands-sanna-marin-set-to-become-world-s-youngest-sitting-prime-minister)**
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> She was nominated to lead the Social Democratic party on Sunday after her predecessor stepped down. The four other parties in her coalition are all led by women.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/2 "2019-12-10T00:18:16Z")

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She will be old enough for POTUS when the election occurs.

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/3 "2019-12-10T01:50:22Z")

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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> She will be old enough for POTUS when the election occurs.

Actually she’s probably too old for the POTUS.

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**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/4 "2019-12-10T02:01:02Z")

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[Pitt the Younger thinks she’s a slacker.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger)

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/5 "2019-12-10T13:23:46Z")

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But 34 isn’t a prime… _re-reads the thread title_… never mind.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/6 "2019-12-10T13:39:10Z")

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> [@installLSC](#):
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> [Pitt the Younger thinks she’s a slacker.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger)

Well, he was younger.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finlands-new-prime-minister-is-34/844621/7 "2019-12-10T14:52:14Z")

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> [@Tatterdemalion](#):
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> Actually she’s probably too old for the POTUS.

:eek: Well played.