Former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin has shared a series of photos from a visit to Berlin.
Among the photos is one of the city’s memorials to the murdered Jews of Europe, which opened in 2005 and is described as “a place of contemplation, a place of memory and warning.”
She also visited the German Ministry of Health while in town.
The trip comes after Sanna gave up politics last September to join the Tony Blair Institute.
If leader of Finland‘s Social Democrats, Sanna served as Prime Minister between 2019 and 2023, making her the country’s youngest-ever Prime Minister at the time (a record that has now been broken). Since 2015 she has been a member of the Finnish Parliament.
Former Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin (pictured) shared on Instagram a series of photos from a trip to Berlin
Sanna (photo) received more than 61,000 likes and 820 comments in the first 20 hours after posting the images
The photo series, which has racked up some 61,000 likes and 820 comments in the 20 hours since it was posted, was accompanied by a simple caption.
It simply said: ‘Berlin’ and was followed by a black heart emoji.
Her visit comes just weeks after Sanna visited war-torn Ukraine.
Sanna went to Bucha, the site of the massacre of about 500 Ukrainians at the start of the war in March 2022.
She was in town with the HALO Trust, which works to clear unexploded landmines worldwide. In Ukraine, about 19,000 explosive devices have been neutralized since the start of the war with Russia, according to Marin.
In the war-torn country, the former Finnish prime minister – who was just 34 when she took office in 2019 – also briefly returned to diplomacy when she met Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
She said: ‘I have had the opportunity to participate in countless discussions about the state of the war, reconstruction and Ukraine’s European future.
‘It was also very interesting to visit a humanitarian demining site in Bucha, where an international organization HALO Trust works to make war-torn areas safe by clearing landmines and other explosives.’
She included an image of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, which is described as “a place of contemplation, a place of remembrance and warning.”
Marin briefly dusted off her political hat, posed for photos with Mr. Shmyhal and sat down for lunch talks with the Finnish ambassador to Ukraine.
She said: “It was a great honor to meet Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko, Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna.
‘With more than two years of brutal war, the need for international attention is more important than ever.
Marin announced her resignation from politics, telling Finnish broadcaster YLE it was ‘time to move on’
“To win the war, Ukraine needs even more political, financial, economic, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support. Sanctions must be enforced.”
As Prime Minister of Finland, Marin was one of Europe’s youngest leaders and oversaw her country’s successful application to officially join NATO.
Marin announced her resignation from politics, telling Finnish broadcaster YLE that it was “time to move on.”
She said: “I am eager to step into a new role. I also believe that all of Finland can benefit from it.
“I believe that I can serve those voters (in Finland) well and perhaps even better in the new assignment.”