Finland’s Sanna Marin is set to lose her position as prime minister following an election upset, underscoring how her star power wasn’t enough to offset concerns over a bloated budget and other domestic issues.
The 37-year-old Social Democrat personally drew 35,600 votes on Sunday’s election — an 87% increase over her showing four years ago, but still not enough to defeat populist opponent Riikka Purra.
The world’s youngest sitting prime minister when she took office and head of a five-party cabinet led solely by women, Marin became wildly popular among millennials for her outspokenness and relatability. She frequently posted selfies and videos of herself exercising on Instagram, posed for Vogue and made global headlines after clips of her partying at a Helsinki nightclub went viral.
She also helped steer Finland through the process of joining NATO, one of the most significant foreign policy shifts in the country’s history. Days before announcing the decision to apply, Marin showed up at a high-stakes press conference in a funky leather jacket.
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