Finnish finance minister may be ousted as head of party, poll shows


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  • Tuesday, 07 Jun 2016

Finland's Finance Minister Alexander Stubb waves as he arrives at a European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's National Coalition Party may replace Alexander Stubb as its leader at a party congress on Saturday, a move that would probably also oust him as finance minister, a poll on Tuesday showed.

In the survey by a Finnish broadcaster MTV, 59 percent of party representatives polled said they would vote for Petteri Orpo, the interior minister, and 33 percent for Stubb. The rest were undecided or favoured a third candidate, Elina Lepomaki.

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