The Centre Party, officially the Centre Party of Finland, is an agrarian-centrist political party in Finland.
Ideologically, the Centre Party is positioned in the centre on the political spectrum. It has been described as liberal, social-liberal, liberal-conservative, and conservative-liberal. The party’s leader is Annika Saarikko, who was elected in September 2020 to follow Katri Kulmuni, the former finance minister of Finland. As of December 2019, the party has been a coalition partner in the Marin Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Sanna Marin of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Santeri Alkio, the ideological father of the Centre Party
Finland's centrist president Kyösti Kallio on a Christmas 1939 visit to a military hospital
Urho Kekkonen, the president of Finland from 1956 to 1982 who became a symbolic figure of a statesman in Finland as testified by this graffiti representing Kekkonen in Pieksämäki
Olli Rehn, European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs and the Euro (2010–2014)
Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to the left or the right.
In 1990, Joachim Gauck (who is a former German President, centrist politician and activist without party affiliation) took part in the Alliance 90, which had become independent after its merger with The Greens.
Campaign for the Norwegian Centre Party at Nærbø: like its Finnish and Swedish counterparts, the party has a strong focus on decentralisation and rural and agrarian issues.