Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of Korea
Born 21 September 1949
M.A. (Political Science) at University of Turku 1973
1974 Ministry for Foreign Affairs
1976 Trainee at the Embassy in Cairo
1977 - 1980 Attaché at the Embassy in Vienna
1980 - 1982 Attaché, later Second Secretary at the Embassy in Bucharest
1982 - 1984 Secretary to the Foreign Service Review Committee
1984 - 1988 Head of Unit, Administrative Department, MFA
1988 - 1993 First Secretary, later Counsellor and Minister-Counsellor
at the Embassy in Bonn
1993 - 1996 Director, Department for External Economic Relations, MFA
1996 - 2001 Deputy Director General for Personnel, Administrative
Department, MFA
2001 - 2004 Director General for Administrative Department, MFA
2004 - 2008 Ambassador of Finland to Latvia
2008 - Ambassador of Finland to the Republic of Korea
Married to Ritva Irmeli, née Varjonen with two sons
