When the parliament in the next few days to vote Sanna Marin as prime minister, will the 34-year-old politician most likely the world’s youngest sitting prime minister. Now the world’s youngest head of state is the prime minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Hontšaruk (you move to another service) , 35, who began his tenure in may.

Marin also becomes the youngest prime minister. Before him, the title belongs to the center of the Esko Aho , which became the prime minister of 36 years age.

Marin answered the age question immediately to the vote of the little parliament, Helsinki:

– Against in the same manner as heretofore. I’ve never actually thought about my age and my gender, but those things, which is why I am in politics left and those things, which is why we have elections to the trust, Marin said.

no official list of the youngest heads of state or prime minister is, but Marin and Hontšarukin after the young ones belonging to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (36), El Salvador’s president Nayib buket is (38) and New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern (of 39 years).

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