http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martti_Ahtisaari
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauno_Koivisto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urho_Kekkonen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paasikivi%E2%80%93Kekkonen_line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juho_Kusti_Paasikivi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_Emil_Mannerheim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risto_Ryti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_Kristian_Relander
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaarlo_Juho_St%C3%A5hlberg
Interim period 1917–19
Regents (valtionhoitaja) using the powers reserved for the monarch.
- December 12, 1918 – July 26, 1919 : Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
- May 27, 1918 – December 12, 1918 : Pehr Evind Svinhufvud[1]
The House of Hesse
- October 9, 1918 – December 14, 1918 : Frederik Kaarle I, King of Finland
For later heads of state after the proclamation of the republic, see List of Presidents of Finland.