Martti Ahtisaari
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Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari 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 Comm
Ahtisaari in 1994
4-year-old Ahtisaari, pictured on his birthday
Ahtisaari as a United Nations Under-Secretary-General, 1987
Ahtisaari holding a press conference during the 1994 presidential election
Tarja Halonen
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Tarja Kaarina Halonen is a Finnish politician who served as the president of Finland, and the first and to date only woman to hold the position in Finland, from 2000 to 2012. She first rose to promine
Martti Ahtisaari
…SDP also ran as candidates. Ahtisaari was the last "strong president", before the 2000 constitution reduced the president's powers. He was succeeded by Tarja Halonen on 1 March 2000. In Finnish politics, Ahtisaari long stressed how important it is for Finland to join NATO. Ahtisaari argued that Finland should be a…
Halonen in 2011
5-year-old Tarja Halonen in 1948
Tarja Halonen in 1975, working Finnish Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Halonen in March 2005