Finnish President Niinisto announces the birth of a son
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Finland's president, 69-year-old Sauli Niinisto, has announced the birth of a son.
It's been a busy week for the Finnish head of state, who won re-election in a landslide victory Sunday and was sworn into office for a second six-year term Thursday before his second wife gave birth to a healthy boy on Friday evening.
The president's office said his spouse, Jenni Haukio, and the infant were doing well, adding that Niinisto was present during the delivery. The couple was married in 2009.
Re-elected Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and his wife Jenni Haukio greet the public from the balcony of the Presidential Palace during the presidential inauguration in Helsinki, Thursday Feb. 1, 2018. Finland's president crushed his competition to win a second six-year term Sunday, scoring a landslide victory in an election that saw the incumbent getting more than five times the support of his closest challenger. (Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva via AP)
Niinisto's post on Facebook announcing the birth drew thousands of messages of congratulations in the first hour alone.
The president has two adult sons from his first marriage that ended in the 1990s when his wife died in a car accident.