“I don’t see any other option but to take good care of these poor people … We are paying the bills we have caused ourselves.”
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Martti Ahtisaari
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari was a Finnish politician and diplomat who was the president of Finland from 1994 to 2000. He was Finland's Ambassador to Tanzania from 1973 to 1977 and United Nations Commissioner for Namibia from 1977 to 1981. Noted for his international peace work, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008.
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politics · Finnish politician and diplomat, President of Finland (1937–2023) · politician · diplomat · teacher · also Martti Ahtisaari, Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari, Ahtisaari
Born 23 June 1937 · Died 16 October 2023 · Q29230
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Nothing happened because I think all these, and many others, were convinced that Assad would be thrown out of office in a few weeks so there was no need to do anything.
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2026· 4 entries
“he wished the mission would fall on someone else”
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“Nothing happened because I think all these, and many others, were convinced that Assad would be thrown out of office in a few weeks so there was no need to do anything.”
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“to shrug off once and for all the burden of Finlandization”
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2023· 1 entry
Died 2023-10-16.
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2012· 2 entries
Awarded Global Economy Prize (2012).
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“Kofi was forced to take up the assignment as special representative. I say forced because I don’t think he was terribly keen. He saw very quickly that no one was supporting anything.”
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2009· 1 entry
Ahtisaari was Chairman Emeritus and a Special Advisor
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2008· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts.
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Awarded Geuzenpenning (2008).
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Awarded Nobel Peace Prize (2008).
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2007· 2 entries
Won Manfred Wörner Medal (2007).
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Awarded Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize (2007).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Ahtisaari defended George W
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2000· 5 entries
Awarded J. William Fulbright Prize (2000).
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Awarded Peace Prize of Hesse (2000).
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Won Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal (2000).
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Became Chairman of the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, an NGO to which he committed $100,000 in government funding in 1994 one month after becoming elected President of Finland
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Which was announced in April 1999, and also alleged that two members of the SDP also ran as candidates
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1999).
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Awarded Order of State of Republic of Turkey (1999).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania (1998).
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1997· 4 entries
Awarded Order of the White Eagle (1997).
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Awarded Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class (1997).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1997).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope (1997).
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1996).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class (1996).
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1995· 3 entries
Awarded Zamenhof award (1995).
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Awarded Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1995).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (1995).
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1994· 6 entries
Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (1994).
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Awarded Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (1994).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1994).
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Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1994).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1994).
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Career landmark: President of Finland (1994–2000).
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1990· 1 entry
That he had secretly lengthened the grace period allowing UN officials to return misappropriated taxpayer money from the original three months to three years, the investigators were furious
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1977· 1 entry
Was recalled by the United Nations to succeed Seán MacBride as United Nations Commissioner for Namibia, a post he held until 1981, and as representative of Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim from 1978
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1975· 1 entry
Career landmark: Ambassador of Finland to Mozambique (1975–1977).
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1973· 4 entries
Career landmark: Ambassador of Finland to Tanzania (1973–1977).
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Career landmark: Ambassador of Finland to Zambia (1973–1977).
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Career landmark: Ambassador of Finland to Somalia (1973–1977).
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When he became Finland's Ambassador to Tanzania, Zambia, Somalia and Mozambique, an office he held until 1977
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1968· 1 entry
Married Eeva Irmeli Hyvärinen, who was studying history at the University of Helsinki and whom he met as a child at the Lyceum in Kuopio
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1965· 1 entry
Joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in its Bureau for International Development Aid, to set up the International Development Assistance Office together with Jaakko Iloniemi, which was a pioneering office, as the F
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1963· 1 entry
And began his studies in the Helsinki School of Economics and soon became the Executive Director of the Helsinki International Student Club and Student International Aid, where he made friends with Namibian Nickey Iyambo
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1959· 1 entry
Studied at University of Oulu (1959).
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1956· 1 entry
Studied at Oulun Lyseon Lukio (1952–1956).
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1952· 2 entries
Studied at Kuopio Lyceum High School (1952).
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Martti Ahtisaari moved to Oulu with his family
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-06-23.
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1872· 1 entry
From Tistedalen in Southern Norway, took Finnish citizenship in 1929 and Finnicized his surname from Adolfsen in 1935
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