Former prime minister and leader of the national conservative party, away from Finnish political life for seven years. Alexander Stubb made a thunderous return on Sunday with his election as President of the Republic on Sunday.

It was Finland's candidacy for NATO, which he had always supported, which motivated the great return of this diplomacy enthusiast, encouraged by his Kokoomus movement, the historic party of the Finnish right. The 55-year-old man has headed the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, for the past three years, after withdrawing from public affairs.