# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arja-makkonen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:16:39.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arja-makkonen"
name: "Arja Makkonen"
slug: "arja-makkonen"
description: "Arja Makkonen is a Finnish diplomat. She is an ambassador from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the Southern Caucasus region of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. She has previously served as Ambassador to Ukraine in Kyiv since 2011 and has worked since 2015, including in the Moscow and Warsaw Delegations. Prior to that, she has served as Adviser to the Minister of European Affairs and Foreign Trade. Makkonen joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1989."
tagline: "Finnish diplomat"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arja_Makkonen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           26.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.600504
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arya_%C4%B0nkeri_Makkonen"
    title: "Arya İnkeri Makkonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arja_Makkonen"
    title: "Arja Makkonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arja_Makkonen"
    title: "Arja Makkonen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%90%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F"
    title: "Макконен, Арья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80'%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Ар'я Макконен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29419261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump