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Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari ( Finnish: [ˈmɑrtːi ˈʔoi̯ʋɑ ˈkɑleʋi ˈʔɑhtisɑːri] ⓘ; 23 June 1937 – 16 October 2023) was a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland, from 1994 to 2000, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work .
Biographical. Martti Ahtisaari was born on June 23, 1937 in the city of Viipuri, then still part of Finland. Finland lost Viipuri when the Soviet Union attacked the country. Along with 400,000 fellow Karelians, Ahtisaari became an eternally displaced person in the rest of Finland. With his mother, he moved from one household to another before ...
Jun 19, 2024 · Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician and noted mediator who was president of Finland from 1994 to 2000. In 2008 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his efforts to resolve international conflicts, including in Kosovo.
Oct 16, 2023 · Martti Ahtisaari, a dogged Finnish statesman whose many quests to end conflict took him from the deserts of Namibia to secret arms caches in remote Irish farmlands, earning him the Nobel...
Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland and founder of CMI – Martti Ahtisaari Peace Foundation, has passed away on the 16th of October 2023 at the age of 86. Ahtisaari served as the President of the Republic of Finland from 1994–2000.
Oct 16, 2023 · Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He was 86....
Oct 16, 2023 · Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global diplomat who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday. He was 86.
Oct 16, 2023 · Martti Ahtisaari, a gifted diplomat and former president of Finland who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his patient, hands-on role mediating ethnic and political...
Oct 16, 2023 · Former President Martti Ahtisaari died in the early morning hours of Monday in the Finnish capital at the age of 86. In addition to a long career as an international peace mediator and civil servant, Ahtisaari was the tenth president of Finland, serving 1994–2000.
Oct 16, 2023 · Martti Ahtisaari, a former president of Finland and Nobel prize recipient who brokered peace on three continents, has died. He was 86.
