in december 2019, marin was nominated by the social democratic party to replace antti rinne as the prime minister of finland, but rinne stayed as party leader until june 2020. by a small amount of votes, marin beat antti lindtman to become prime minister. a majority of the ministers in her cabinet are women, 12 out of 19 at the time of the cabinet's creation. she is the third female head of government in finland, after anneli jäätteenmäki and mari kiviniemi.