Martti Ahtisaari
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President Martti Ahtisaari |
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President Martti Ahtisaari pictured in 2012
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| 10th President of Finland | |
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In office 1 March 1994 – 1 March 2000 |
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| Prime Minister |
Esko Aho Paavo Lipponen |
| Preceded by | Mauno Koivisto |
| Succeeded by | Tarja Halonen |
| Ambassador of Finland to Tanzania | |
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In office 1973–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Seppo Pietinen |
| Succeeded by | Richard Müller |
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| Born |
23 June 1937 Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia) |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Eeva Hyvärinen |
| Children | Marko |
| Alma mater | University of Oulu |
| Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (2008) |
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| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Finnish Army |
| Rank | Captain |
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (Finnish pronunciation: [mɑrtːi oiʋɑ kɑleʋi ɑhtisɑːri] and shortly pronounced [mɑrtːi ɑhtisɑːri]; born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work.
Ahtisaari was a United Nations Special Envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving many conflicts in Namibia; Aceh, Indonesia;Kosovo and Iraq, among other areas.
Martti Ahtisaari was born in Viipuri, Finland (now Vyborg, Russia). His father, Oiva Ahtisaari (whose grandfather Julius Marenius Adolfsen had emigrated with his parents to Finland in 1872 from Tistedalen in Southern Norway) took Finnish citizenship in 1929 and changed his surname from Adolfsen in 1937. The Continuation War (World War II) took Martti's father to the front as an NCO army mechanic, while his mother, Tyyne, moved to Kuopio with her son to escape immediate danger from the war.Kuopio was where Ahtisaari spent most of his childhood, eventually attending the Kuopion Lyseo high school.
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