Martti Ahtisaari Biography |
| Title: |
Former President of Finland and Novel Peace Prize recipient |
| Position: |
None Found to the question "Should the US Have Attacked Iraq?" |
| Reasoning: |
No position found as of Feb. 19, 2009
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Individuals with PhD's, JD's, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to the US - Iraq conflict. |
| Involvement and Affiliations: |
Founder and Chairman, Crisis Management Initiative, 2000-present
President of Finland, 1994-2000
Recipient, Nobel Peace Prize, 2008
UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for final status talks in Kosovo, 2005-2008
UN Special Envoy for the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, 2003-2005
Personal Envoy, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for Central Asia, 2003-2004
Head of investigation into security of UN headquarters in Baghdad (Iraq) after bomb attack, 2003
Arms Inspector in the Northern Ireland conflict, 2001
Chairman, Bosnia-Herzegovina Working Group, International Conference on the former Yugoslavia, 1992-1993
State Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland, 1991-1993
Directed the UN approach to Iraq in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991
Under Secretary-General, Administration and Management, United Nations, 1987-1991
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Namibia, 1978-1988
Ambassador of Finland to Zambia, Somalia, and Mozambique, 1977-1981
Ambassador of Finland to the United Republic of Tanzania, 1973-1976 |
| Education: |
University of Oulu (Finland), 1959, degree unknown
Helsinki Polytechnic, date and degree unknown |
| Other: |
Helped to end 30 years of fighting between Aceh rebels and the Indonesian government in 2005
Is an honorary citizen of Namibia |
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