Vieno Simonen | |
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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 | |
Constituency | Kuopio East |
Personal details | |
Born | Vieno Vartiainen 27 December 1898 Peräseinäjoki, Finland |
Died | 20 June 1994 Pyhäselkä, Finland | (aged 95)
Political party | Agrarian League |
Spouse |
Oskar Simonen
(m. 1922; died 1938) |
Children | 7 |
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.