Council of State (Finnish honorary title)
Council of State ( Finnish Valtioneuvos ; Swedish statsråd ) is a Finnish honorary title awarded by the President of the Republic of Finland to statesmen and women. It is the highest title in the Republic of Finland.
Former Prime Ministers Rafael Paasio , Kalevi Sorsa and Paavo Lipponen rejected the award. Lipponen commented that no one outside Finland knows what the State Council is and that the title of former Prime Minister is enough for him.
carrier
| image | Carrier (born – died) |
Award year | Awarded by (President of the Republic) | Offices | Political party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Juho Kusti Paasikivi (1870-1956) |
1930 | Lauri Kristian Relander | President , Prime Minister and Member of Parliament | Finnish Party and National Collection Party |
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Eemil Nestor Setälä (1864-1935) |
1934 | Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | Minister and Member of Parliament | Young Finnish Party and National Collection Party |
|
Eero Yrjö Pehkonen (1882–1949) |
1948 | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | Minister and Member of Parliament | Center Party |
|
Karl-August Fagerholm (1901–1984) |
1969 | Urho Kekkonen | President of Parliament and Prime Minister | Social Democratic Party |
|
Martti Miettunen (1907-2002) |
1977 | Urho Kekkonen | President of Parliament and Prime Minister | Center Party |
|
Johannes Virolainen (1914-2000) |
1989 | Mauno Koivisto | President of Parliament, Prime Minister and Member of Parliament | Center Party |
|
Harri Holkeri (1937-2011) |
1998 | Martti Ahtisaari | Prime Minister and Member of Parliament | National rally party |
|
Riitta Uosukainen (* 1942) |
2004 | Tarja Halons | Speaker of Parliament, Member of Parliament and Minister | National rally party |