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By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide to Women's History since 1999

Finland's First Female Prime Minister Resigns After Two Months in Office

Thursday June 19, 2003
Female prime ministers are more common than they once were, but each new "first female prime minister" of a nation is an automatic pioneer. Unfortunately, Finland's history maker is making a different kind of news as she resigns over a scandal involving leaked documents and the Iraq war. Finland: First Female Prime Minister Resigns in Document Scandal

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