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Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland from 1994 to 2000 · Finland · Politicians · Lived 1937 to 2023 · aged 86

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A diplomat who made a career of walking into rooms where wars had frozen into stalemate and finding the door out - Namibia, Aceh, Kosovo - work that earned him the Nobel in 2008.

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A life in dates

2023Died16 October 20232016Decoration of the National FlagAward2008“Since I know that about a million people have been killed by the government of Iraq, I do not need much those weapons of mass destruction.”In their words11 October 2008Defending the US government decision to invade Iraq, as quoted in Wall Street Journal, 11 October 2008

“I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.”In their words10 October 2008Telephone interview with Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org (10 October 2008)

GeuzenpenningAward2007Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace PrizeAward2000Peace Prize of HesseAward1999Grand Cross of the Legion of HonourAwardOrder of State of Republic of TurkeyAward1997Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San MartínAwardOrder of the White EagleAward1996Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the GreatAward1995Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the FalconAward1994Named President of FinlandOffice1 March 1994 to 1 March 2000Cross of merit with clasp of Reservists' associationAwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAwardKnight of the Order of the ElephantAward1975Named Ambassador of Finland to MozambiqueOffice1 January 1975 to 1 January 1977Commander of the Order of the Lion of FinlandAward1973Named Ambassador of Finland to TanzaniaOffice1 January 1973 to 1 January 1977Named Ambassador of Finland to ZambiaOffice1 January 1973 to 1 January 19771937Born23 June 1937

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  1. Since I know that about a million people have been killed by the government of Iraq, I do not need much those weapons of mass destruction.

    Oct 11, 2008, Defending the US government decision to invade Iraq, as quoted in Wall Street Journal, 11 October 2008, Own words

  2. I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.

    Oct 10, 2008, Telephone interview with Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org (10 October 2008), Own words

  3. It's very important to be able to act properly. You need financing, and you never have enough.

    On his plans to use the Nobel Prize money to help fund peace organisations he has worked with., Own words

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Awards

Decoration of the National Flag2016
Global Economy Prize2012
Nobel Peace Prize2008
Geuzenpenning2008
Manfred Wörner Medal2007
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize2007
Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo2004
Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia2002
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal2000
Peace Prize of Hesse2000
J. William Fulbright Prize2000
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour1999
Order of State of Republic of Turkey1999
Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic1999
Medal of Merit with clasp of the Association of the Warrant Officers’1999
Collar of the Order of the Star of Romania1998
Order of the White Eagle1997
Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class1997
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1997
Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope1997
Grand Cross of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín1997
Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great1996
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class1996
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon1995
Zamenhof award1995
Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana1995
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav1994
Knight of the Order of the Elephant1994
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland1994
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland1994
Royal Order of the Seraphim1994
Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty1994
Cross of merit with clasp of Reservists' association1994
Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland1992
Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland1983
Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland1975
Delta Prize for Global Understanding
Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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Martti Ahtisaari was born on 23 June 1937 and spent early diplomatic years as Finland's Ambassador to Tanzania from 1973 to 1977, then as United Nations Commissioner for Namibia through 1981. He served as president of Finland from 1994 to 2000, but his reputation rested on what came after: decades as a UN special envoy, brokering peace in places where talking had stopped. He led the Kosovo status negotiations that preceded the territory's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. That October, the Nobel committee awarded him the Peace Prize for resolving conflicts across continents - Namibia, Aceh, Kosovo, Iraq - over more than thirty years. He died on 16 October 2023.

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Category
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2023 · aged 86

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