Finnish

Noun

valtiosihteeri

1. In Finnish ministries, the highest official below a minister, appointed for the term of the minister, also called määräaikainen valtiosihteeri or ministerin valtiosihteeri to separate from the permanent secretaries of state.
2. In Finnish ulkoministeriö ‎(“Ministry for Foreign affairs”) and valtiovarainministeriö ‎(“Ministry of Finance”) the highest-ranking permanently employed official of the ministry. In other ministries similar post is called kansliapäällikkö.
3. A Secretary of State in the bureaucracy of another government, with the excpetion of the United States, the Secretary of State of which is normally called ulkoministeri ‎(“Minister for Foreign Affairs”) in Finnish.

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