Ambassador Jukka Salovaara has been the Permanent State Secretary in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland since May 2022.
The Permanent State Secretary is the most senior civil servant in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, with overall responsibility for the Foreign Ministry and Finnish diplomatic representations abroad.
Ambassador Salovaara has worked for the Finnish Foreign Ministry from 1995, serving in several senior positions as the Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations, Director General for Political Affairs, and Director General for Europe.
He also served in the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office as Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, EU Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister and Under-Secretary for EU Affairs. He also served the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament.
Ambassador Salovaara graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1992 with a Master’s in Political Science.