Pirkko Hämäläinen (diplomat)
Pirkko Hämäläinen | |
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| Born | September 26, 1961 |
| Nationality | Finnish |
Pirkko Mirjami Hämäläinen (born September 26, 1961) is a diplomat. In 2023 she became the Finnish ambassador to Turkey.
Life[edit]
Hämäläinen was born in Juankoski in 1961. She completed her master's degree in 1988 and the following year she joined the Finnish diplomatic service.[1] She was in New York at the United Nations in 1989. She then served in Reykjavik, Vienna, Tallinn (Estonia 2005–2009). In 2012 she was in Riga as she became her country's Ambassador to Latvia. She was there until 2014[2] when she became an under secretary of state.[3] She was involved in 2014 when parliament was asked to amend the legislation that dealt with Finnish embassies. At the time a Finnish embassy with an ambassador had to deliver a range of services. It was proposed that it be changed so that an embassy could consist of just one person.[4] She served in that role looking after "internal and external services" until the end of 2018.[1]
On the first day of 2019 she became the Finnish Ambassador to Austria and the Permanent Representative of Finland to the International Organizations in Vienna including the United Nations.[2] She replaced Hannu Kyröläinen.[5] Pirkko Hämäläinen was appointed by the Finnish President Sauli Niinistö as Ambassador to the Finnish Embassy in Ankara as of 1 September 2023.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "President of the Republic appointed new Ambassadors". Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ a b "New Permanent Representative of Finland presents credentials". www.unis.unvienna.org. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ dp (2017-11-23). "Meeting between Ivica Tončev, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ms Pirkko Hämäläinen, Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland". Diplomatic portal. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ "Ministry for Foreign Affairs wants to appoint "laptop ambassadors"". www.helsinkitimes.fi. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "FINLAND - FAREWELL | UNIDO". www.unido.org. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- ^ "Finlandiya'nın Ankara Büyükelçiliği'ne, Viyana Büyükelçisi Pırkko Hämäläınen Atandı" (in Turkish). SonDakika.com. 2023-03-23.