Heikki Sakari Kalha (formerly ''Kronqvist'', 1 September 1931

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

Tyrvään yhteiskoulu – Vammalan lukio 1904–1979 (matrikkeli)'', s. 319. Vammala: Vammalan lukio, 1979. . - 10 November 1994

) was a Finnish diplomat and a ''

varatuomari Varatuomari (lit. 'vice-judge' or 'reserve judge'; Swedish: ''vicehäradshövding''), or Master of Laws with court training, is a Finnish legal title for a qualified lawyer who has been trained on the bench and is equipped to appear before a court. ...

''. Heikki Kalha wrote a degree in Tyrvä co-school in 1950, graduated from the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

to Law Bachelor in 1957 and received the Master of Excellence in 1960. After graduating from 1958 to 1959, he was employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs at the Tyrvä court notary. Kalha served as Assistant at the Finnish Embassy in Finland in 1960, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 1963 and 1964, as Secretary of State in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

between 1964 and 1967 and in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

from 1967 to 1969, and as Chancellor and Office Manager at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs between 1969 and 1974. He served as Ambassador of Finland to

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

from 1974 to 1977 and at the same time in

Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...

and

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

, then in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

from 1977 to 1980, in

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 ...

from 1980 to 1985, then as a negotiating officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1988 and again served as Ambassador in

1988–1990 and

1990–1994.WSOY Iso Tietosanakirja 3. osa, s. 139, WSOY 1995

References

Ambassadors of Finland to Greece Ambassadors of Finland to Jordan Ambassadors of Finland to West Germany Ambassadors of Finland to Spain 1931 births 1994 deaths Ambassadors of Finland to Kuwait Ambassadors of Finland to Japan Ambassadors of Finland to Lebanon {{Finland-law-bio-stub