Pehr Evind Svinhufvud's first senate
The Senate Svinhufvud I ( also referred to as the Cabinet Svinhufvud I) was the first government cabinet in the history of Finland. It held office on 27 November 1917 to 27 May 1918 and was a center-right coalition of young Finnish party, Finnish Party, the Swedish People's Party and the Agrarian League, under the leadership of the force as arch-conservative Pehr Evind Svinhufvud. After the proposal of the Cabinet Finnish Declaration of Independence was approved by Parliament on 6 December 1917, the Cabinet was the top Finnish Government, with the outbreak of the Finnish Civil War in late January 1918, the influence initially decreased and the Svinhufvud government moved to the West Vaasa, Helsinki while the center of the "Reds" was. The Cabinet Svinhufvud I reigned as of 29 January from until May 3, 1918 by Vaasa.
After the election in May 1918 Svinhufvud head of state made Juho Kusti Paasikivi of the Finnish party a new government, which consisted of the same parties as the government Svinhufvud 1917/1918.