Sorsa III cabinet

Sorsa III Cabinet
62nd Cabinet of Finland
Date formed	19 February 1982 (1982-02-19)
Date dissolved	6 May 1983 (1983-05-06)
People and organisations
President	Mauno Koivisto
Prime Minister	Kalevi Sorsa
Member parties	19 February 1982 to 31 December 1982: SDP Centre Party RKP SKDL 31 December 1982 to 6 May 1983: SDP Centre Party RKP Liberal People's Party
Status in legislature	Majority government
History
Election	1979 parliamentary election
Predecessor	Koivisto II
Successor	Sorsa IV

The third cabinet of Kalevi Sorsa was the 62nd government of Finland. The majority government lasted from 19 February 1982 to 6 May 1983. The cabinet's prime minister was Kalevi Sorsa. The Finnish People's Democratic League disapproved of the government's decision to raise the country's defence budget, which led to a governmental crisis, which culminated in the FPDL being forced to resign from the government by the prime minister on 31 December 1982.^[1] As a result of the change, the Liberal People's Party joined the coalition and, together with the rest of the previous government, formed the Sorsa IIIb Cabinet.

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