valtiosihteeri (englanniksi)

In Finnish ministries (s)
highest official below a minister (s)
appointed for the term of the minister (s)
also called määräaikainen 'valtiosihteeri' or ministerin 'valtiosihteeri' to separate from the permanent secretaries of state (s)
In Finnish ulkoministeriö and valtiovarainministeriö the highest-ranking permanently employed official of the ministry. In other ministries similar post is called kansliapäällikkö (s)
Secretary of State in the bureaucracy of another government (s)
with the excpetion of the United States (s)
Secretary of State of which is normally called ulkoministeri in Finnish (s)