Hannu Himanen (born 1951) is a Finnish diplomat. He was the Finnish Ambassador to Russia in

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 ...

from 1 May 2012 to August 2016 and retired shortly after the post to Moscow.

Biography

Himanen acted as the Finnish Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the

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and other international organizations and to the

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in the WTO in

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

, from 2008 to 2012. Himanen graduated in 1976 as a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the

University of Tampere The University of Tampere (UTA) ( fi, Tampereen yliopisto (Tay), ) was a public university in Tampere, Finland that was merged with Tampere University of Technology to create the new Tampere University on 1 January 2019. The university offered un ...

with a major degree in Information Science. He started with the

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1976. Between 1996 and 2000 he was the Ambassador of Finland in

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. Between 2000 and 2001, he was Director General for Africa and the Middle East at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2001–2002 at the

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for Security and Good Governance at the Prague Center and 2002–2003 as Foreign Affairs Counselor at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Research and Planning. In 2003–2008, Himanen was under-secretary to the State Department.

References

Ambassadors of Finland to Indonesia Ambassadors of Finland to Russia Permanent Representatives of Finland to the United Nations 1951 births Living people {{Finland-bio-stub