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Finland's foreign minister has been sacked after newspapers and magazines published suggestive text messages he sent to an erotic dancer, his party said.
Ilkka Kanerva sent about 200 text messages to Johanna Tukiainen, 29-year-old leader of the Scandinavian Dolls erotic dance troupe. At first he said they were related to her performing at his 60th birthday party.
A government spokeswoman said Stubb would be confirmed in the job by Finland's president on Friday.
"This has been the toughest decision as the leader of the party. Ilkka is my friend and he has done his job as foreign minister brilliantly," party head Jyrki Katainen said, adding that Kanerva had acted thoughtlessly in his private life.
In messages Kanerva had asked Tukiainen, who has posed nude in magazines: "Would you like to do it in an exotic place? Where could it be?"