Arto Olavi Mansala (born 1941

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

) is a Finnish diplomat, a Bachelor of Political Sciences . He has been an ambassador in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

between 1985 and 1989, in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

in 1989–1992,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

1993-1996 and

Bonn The federal city of Bonn ( lat, Bonna) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr r ...

1996–2001. After returning home he was Counselor of Foreign Affairs at the Political Department of the

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateralism, bilateral, and multilateralism, multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citi ...

2001–2002, Under-Secretary of State 2002–2003, Deputy Secretary of State for the Summer of 2003 and Secretary of State from the beginning of September 2003.Arto Mansalan cv
Ulkoministeriö Mansala retired in 2008.Entinen suurlähettiläs Arto Mansala kirjoittaa arasti ajastaan Moskovassa.
Hs.fi (muistelmien kirja-arvostelu) (maksullinen)

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Ambassadors of Finland to China Ambassadors of Finland to Russia Ambassadors of Finland to Germany Ambassadors of Finland to Hungary 1941 births People from Kuopio Living people {{europe-diplomat-stub