Vieno Simonen
Finnish politician (1898-1994)
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.
Early life
Vieno Vartiainen was born on 27 December 1898 in Peräseinäjoki, Finland. She attended a girls' school until 1914 and trained at a handicraft school in Kuopio. After training as a postal worker in Pulkkila and Iisalmi, she was certified in 1921 and began working at the post office of Hammaslahti. She became the treasurer of the Martha organisation of Hammaslahti that year, and married farmer Oskar Simonen in 1922; they had seven children. After Oskar's death in 1938, the farm's responsibilities were assumed by Vieno, who had been the farm's hostess since their marriage. She was involved in various organizations, including Lotta Svärd, during the 1940s.
Political career
Simonen was elected to the Parliament of Finland in 1948 to represent the constituency of Kuopio East (now North Karelia) as a member of the Agrarian League (now the Centre Party).
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