valtiosihteeri

Noun

 * 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  and  the highest-ranking permanently employed official of the ministry. In other ministries similar post is called.
 * 3) A Secretary of State in the bureaucracy of another government, with the exception of the United States, the Secretary of State of which is normally called  in Finnish.