ADVICE FROM YOUNG AND OLD
The head of the Centre Party, Katri Kulmuni, 32, becomes finance minister, Green Party leader Maria Ohisalo, 34, continues as interior minister and the Left Alliance's chairwoman, Li Andersson, 32, remains education minister.
"Finland has truly taken the gender issues to the next level," Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the European Union's executive Commission, said in a tweet congratulating Marin.
The Social Democrats came out on top in an election on April 14 for the first time in 20 years but with only 17.7 percent of the vote.
The previous coalition resigned after failing to push through a healthcare reform and confidence in politicians has been hit by quarrels between the increasingly fragmented parties, under growing pressure from the nationalist Finns Party.
"I'm proud that we have a young female prime minister. I think that is a good thing and a step in the right direction for sure," said a student from the city of Espoo who gave her name only as Heini.
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, at 94 the world's oldest serving premier, offered Marin some advice.
"While we believe in the idealism of young people, it is important also for them to consider the experience of the old people," he told Reuters. "Then there will be a combination of the two, and that would be good."
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