Martti Ahtisaari
1937 – 2023 · aged 86
President of Finland from 1994 to 2000
- Born
- 23 Jun 1937 · Vyborg
- Died
- 16 Oct 2023 · Helsinki
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 23 Jun 1937BornBorn in Vyborg
- 1973 – 1977RoleAmbassador of Finland to Somalia
- 1973 – 1977RoleAmbassador of Finland to Tanzania
- 1973 – 1977RoleAmbassador of Finland to Zambia
- 1975AwardCommander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- 1975 – 1977RoleAmbassador of Finland to Mozambique
- 1983AwardCommander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1992AwardCommander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1994AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Cross of Liberty
- 1994AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- 1994AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1994 – 2000RolePresident of Finland
- 1994AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
- 1994AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
- 1994AwardCross of merit with clasp of Reservists' association
- 1994AwardKnight of the Order of the Elephant
- 1995AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon
- 1995AwardZamenhof award
- 16 Oct 2023DiedDied in Helsinki
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1937 – 2023).
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (23 June 1937 – 16 October 2023) was a Finnish politician and diplomat who was the president of Finland from 1994 to 2000. He was Finland's Ambassador to Tanzania from 1973 to 1977 and United Nations Commissioner for Namibia from 1977 to 1981. Noted for his international peace work, he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008.
Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the Kosovo status process negotiations. These negotiations aimed to resolve a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which later declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari had played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts, including ones in Namibia, Aceh (Indonesia), Kosovo and Serbia, and Iraq.
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