valtioneuvos

Valtioneuvos (Finnish for “counsellor of state”, ) is a Finnish title of honor awarded by the President of Finland to elder statesmen. It is one of two titles (the other being vuorineuvos) in the highest class of State of Finland honors. A tax on the titles of 48,400 euros or 12,100 euros must be paid by whoever proposes the title to a holder.

==Title holders== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Portrait ! Title holder (born–died) !Awarded (year) !Awarder (by President of Finland) !Political career statues !Party |- | 100px | Juho Kusti Paasikivi(1870–1956) | 1930 | Lauri Kristian Relander | President, Prime minister and member of parliament |Finnish Party and National Coalition Party |- | 100px | E. N. Setälä (1864–1935) | 1934 | P. E. Svinhufvud |cabinet minister and member of parliament |Young Finnish Party and National Coalition Party |- | 100px | Eero Yrjö Pehkonen(1882–1949) | 1948 | Juho Kusti Paasikivi | Provincial Governor, member of parliament and cabinet minister | Agrarian League |- | 100px | Karl-August Fagerholm(1901–1984) | 1969 | Urho Kekkonen |Speaker of Parliament and Prime minister |Social Democratic Party |- |100px |Martti Miettunen(1907–2002) | 1977 | Urho Kekkonen |Speaker of Parliament, Member of parliament and Prime minister | Center Party