Finland appoints interim defence minister to cover parental leave


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  • Tuesday, 03 Jan 2023

FILE PHOTO: Finland's Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen speaks during an interview with Reuters in Ankara, Turkey, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan/File Photo

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland will appoint an interim defence minister on Thursday, its government said, after the serving minister announced he was taking two months off to look after his 6-month-old baby son.

Defence minister Antti Kaikkonen, 48, became Finland's first male minister to take parental leave when he took two weeks off in 2020 after the birth of his eldest son.

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