valtiosihteeri.
secretary of state
Meaning & usage
secretary of state The highest-ranking permanently employed official of either the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (ulkoministeriö) or the Finnish Ministry of Finance (valtiovarainministeriö), corresponding to kansliapäällikkö in the other ministries.
secretary of state The highest official below and an official advisor for a Finnish government minister, appointed for the term of the minister themselves (often qualified as määräaikainen valtiosihteeri or ministerin valtiosihteeri to distinguish them from the permanent secretaries of state in the Finnish Ministries for Finance and Foreign Affairs).
secretary of state A Secretary of State in the bureaucracy of other governments (with the exception of the United States, the Secretary of State of which is normally called ulkoministeri (“Minister for Foreign Affairs”) in Finnish).
Where this word comes from
valtio (“state”) + sihteeri (“secretary”)
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