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Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari was born in Viipuri. His father was of Norwegian descent. During the Continuation War his family moved to Kuopio, where he spent most of his childhood until they moved to Oulu in 1952. In Oulu, he joined the local YMCA. In 1959, he graduated as a teacher through a distance-learning course.
In 1960Events January-February January 1 Independence of Cameroon January 9 Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 11 Chad declares its independence. January 14 Ralph Chubb, the gay poet and printer, dies at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. January 23, he moved to KarachiKarachi is the largest city of Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. It is the financial and commercial hub of Pakistan. The city is located on the Arabian Sea north west of the mouths of the Indus River. With a population of around 14 millio, PakistanIslami Jamhuria Pakistan ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: Iman, Ittehad, Nazm( Urdu: "Faith, Unity, Discipline" Official Language(s) Urdu, English Capital Islamabad Largest City Karachi President General Pervez Musharraf Prime Minister Shaukat Az, to lead the YMCA's physical education training establishment, where he was accustomed to more international environment. He returned in 1963Events January-March January 11 The Whisky A Go-Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. January 14 George Wallace becomes governor of Alabama. January 22 Elysee treaty between France and Germany January 28 Black student Harvey and went to HelsinkiHelsingin kaupunki Helsingfors stad CityHelsinki ( 1550) Administrative Province Southern Finland Historical Province Uusimaa Area Total Land Water Ranked 349th686 km²186 km²500 km² Population Total (2003-12-31) Density Ranked 1st559,3302,923/km² (1st) Ti Polytechnic but also was active in the organizations responsible to aid to developing countries. In 19651965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). Events January-February January 4 United States President Lyndon Johnson proclaims his " Great Society" during his State of the Union address. January 14 Prime Ministers of N, he joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of FinlandSuomen TasavaltaRepubliken Finland ( In Detail) ( In Detail) National motto: None Official languages Finnish and Swedish Capital Helsinki President Tarja Halonen Prime minister Matti Vanhanen Area Total % water Ranked 64th 337,030 km² 9. 4% Population Tot in its Bureau for Technical Cooperation.
In 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led, President Urho Kekkonen accredited him as Finnish ambassador for Tanzania, Zambia, Somalia and Mozambique. During his term (1973- 1977) he formed contacts with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam. At the end of the term he became a United Nations commissioner for Namibia with African support.
In 1978, Ahtisaari and his family moved to New York when he was appointed Under Secretary-General of the United Nations for Administration and Management - first with Kurt Waldheim and then with Javier Pérez de Cuéllar. He remained the special representative of the secretary-general for Namibia, studied possibilities for the eventual independence for Namibia and maintained contact between the UN, SWAPO and the OAU.
In March 1989, Ahtisaari was sent to Namibia to lead 8,000 UN peacekeepers and civilian aides of UN's Transition Assistance Group. When SWAPO troops barged in, Ahtisaari had to deputize South African troops to stabilize the situation in the name of UN. He still managed to direct the country towards its first free elections in November. He remains an honorary Namibian citizen.
Ahtisaari returned to the UN but in 1991 he was selected for the position of secretary of state in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. He also directed the UN approach to Iraq in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War but his moderate stance is believed to have cost him US support in the election for UN secretary-general.
Ahtisaari's presidential campaign began when he was still in the council about the war in Bosnia. Recession in Finland had caused established political figures to lose public support and the presidential elections were now direct, instead of handled through the elector process. In 1993, Ahtisaari accepted the candidacy of the Social Democratic Party. His politically untarnished image was a major factor in the election.
Ahtisaari began his term with a schism with the Centre Party-led government because prime minister Esko Aho did not approve of his wish to attend to foreign political affairs. During his term Finland joined the European Union and Boris Yeltsin and Bill Clinton met in Helsinki. He traveled extensively over the country. He also negotiated alongside Viktor Chernomyrdin with Slobodan Milosevic to end the fighting in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo in 1999.
Ahtisaari did not seek re-election in 2000. He has accepted positions in various international organizations. In 2000, the British government appointed him to the team overseeing the inspections of IRA weapons decomissioning in Northern Ireland.
Ahtisaari was followed by Tarja Halonen, the first female president of Finland.
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| Preceded by: Mauno Koivisto | 1994–2000 | Followed by: Tarja Halonen |
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