Finland
Parliament
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Political system
Political systems: Presidential, Parliamentary, Presidential-Parliamentary, Monarchy, Communist, Transitional.
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Parliamentary system
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Structure of parliament
Structure of parliament: Unicameral, bicameral
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Unicameral
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IPU membership
Current membership status
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Yes
Historical data on women
Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government
Women's suffrage
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Date of independence
For countries that become independent after 1940.
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1917
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Notes
Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
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No information available
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Year of first woman in parliament
Year in which the first woman entered parliament
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1907
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Year of first woman speaker
Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
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1991
Women’s right to vote
No information available
Women’s right to stand for election
No information available