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MARTTI AHTISAARI
2008 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
- for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.
Background - Born: June 23, 1937
- Place of birth: Viipuri, Finland
- Nationality: Finland
- Biographical highlights:
- 1965 Joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in its Bureau for International Development Aid
- 1968 Married Eeva Irmeli Hyvarinen
- 1973-1977 Finland's ambassador to Tanzania, Zambia, Somalia and Mozambique
- 1977-1981 United Nations Commissioner for Namibia
- 1984-1986 Under-Secretary of State in charge of International Development Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland
- 1987-1991 United Nations' Under-Secretary-General for Administration and Management
- 1989 UN Special Representative heading the United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG)
- 1989 Received OR Tambo award for "his outstanding achievement as a diplomat and commitment to the cause of freedom in Africa and peace in the world"
- 1994-2000 President of Finland
- 2000 Founded Crisis Management Initiative, an independent, non-profit organisation that innovatively promotes and works for sustainable security
- 2000 Inspector of the IRA's arms' dumps
- 2003-2005 UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa
- 2005 Facilitated the peace process between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement in 2005
- 2005-2008 Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the future status process for Kosovo (UNOSEK)
- 2008 Recipient of the UNESCO Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize
- 2008 Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize