HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's economy minister Jan Vapaavuori will seek to become leader of his party, he said on Monday, a move that would enable him to take over as prime minister from Jyrki Katainen who plans to step down in June.
Members of Vapaavuori's conservative National Coalition party would back him as their leader, a recent poll by broadcaster MTV showed, making him the head of the five-party government until the next general election in April 2015.
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