Vieno Simonen

Vieno Simonen
Photograph of Simonen
Finland Minister of Social Affairs
In office
13 January 1959 – 13 April 1962
Prime Minister
Member of the Parliament of Finland
In office
22 July 1948 – 19 February 1962
ConstituencyKuopio East
Personal details
Born
Vieno Vartiainen

(1898-12-27)27 December 1898
Peräseinäjoki, Finland
Died20 June 1994(1994-06-20) (aged 95)
Pyhäselkä, Finland
Political partyAgrarian League
Spouse
Oskar Simonen
(m. 1922; died 1938)
Children7

Vieno Simonen (née Vartiainen; 27 December 1898 – 20 June 1994) was a Finnish politician and farmer. A member of the Agrarian League, she represented Kuopio East in the Parliament of Finland from 1948 to 1962. After serving in deputy ministerial positions in the Kekkonen IV, Törngren, and Fagerholm II cabinets, she was twice appointed as minister of social affairs by prime ministers V. J. Sukselainen and Martti Miettunen, and held the position from 1959 to 1962.