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Finnish woman, 34, to be world's youngest prime minister

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A 34-year-old will be the world's youngest prime minister. Her name is Sanna Marin. She won an election on Sunday. She got 32 of the 61 votes to be her party's leader. Ms Marin was the minister of transport and communications. She is taking over as Finland's prime minister from the ex-prime minister. He quit last week.

Marin is excited about her new job. She said: "There's a lot of work to be done." She will review the government's program. She will also increase the popularity of her party. She wants people's trust. Marin is a new kind of leader. She shares photos of her private, social and political life on her Instagram page.

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A 34-year-old will be the youngest prime minister in the world. Her name is Sanna Marin. She became the head of the Finnish Social Democrats Party in an election on Sunday. She got 32 of the 61 votes. Ms Marin was the minister of transport and communications. She is taking over as Finland's prime minister from her former boss, the ex-prime minister. He said last week that he was quitting. Marin will be the youngest prime minister in Finland's history.

Sanna Marin is excited about leading her country. She said: "There's a lot of work to be done." She will call a meeting to review the government's program. One of her first jobs is to increase the popularity of her party, saying: "We have a lot of work ahead to rebuild trust." The other four leaders in the coalition government are also women. Marin is a new kind of leader. She shares photos of her private, social and political life on her Instagram page.

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A 34-year-old woman will be the youngest prime minister in the world. Her name is Sanna Marin. She celebrated her 34th birthday last week. She became the head of the Finnish Social Democrats Party in an election last Sunday. She got 32 of the 61 votes to become leader. Ms Marin was the minister of transport and communications. She is taking over as Finland's prime minister after her former boss, the ex-prime minister, announced last week that he was quitting. Marin will be the youngest prime minister in Finland's history.

Sanna Marin is very excited at the idea of leading her country. She said: "There's a lot of work to be done. First, we'll have to call a meeting...and review the...joint government program which glues the coalition together." She added that one of her first jobs is to increase the popularity of her party, saying: "We have a lot of work ahead to rebuild trust." Marin will lead a coalition government. All four leaders in the coalition are also women. Marin is a new kind of leader. She shares photos of her private, social and political life on her Instagram page.

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A 34-year-old woman is to become the youngest prime minister in the world. The new leader is Sanna Marin. She only celebrated her 34th birthday last week. She became the head of the Finnish Social Democrats Party last week. Members of her party voted for her in an election on Sunday. She received 32 of the 61 votes to become chairperson of her party. Ms Marin was the minister of transport and communications in Finland. She will take over as Finland's prime minister after her former boss announced that he would be stepping down. The ex-prime minister, 57-year-old Antti Rinne, announced last week that he was quitting. Marin will be the youngest prime minister in Finland's history.

Sanna Marin said she is very excited at the prospect of leading her country. She said: "There's a lot of work to be done. First, we'll have to call a meeting between the ruling parties and review the government program. We have a joint government program which glues the coalition together." She added that one of her first jobs is to increase the popularity of her party with the Finnish people, saying: "We have a lot of work ahead to rebuild trust." Marin will lead a coalition government. All of the other four leaders in the coalition are also women. Marin is a new kind of leader. She shares photos of her private, social and political life on her Instagram page.

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