Finland's Orpo says will replace Stubb as finance minister

Reuters

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland (Reuters) - Petteri Orpo of Finland's co-ruling National Coalition Party said on Saturday he would replace Alexander Stubb as finance minister after defeating him in an NCP leadership vote earlier in the day. "I think it is natural for the party leader to assume this role," Orpo, currently the interior minister in Finland's center-right government, told reporters. (Reporting by Jussi Rosendahl; Editing by Mark Heinrich)