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recognized

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

on 8 April 1922 and diplomatic relations were established. However, no

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was established at that point. In January 1942, as the Finnish government took part in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Egyptian government broke diplomatic relations with Helsinki. Diplomatic relations were reestablished on 15 February 1947 at a

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level, but no diplomatic mission was actually established. In 1954 the Finnish Ambassador to Italy was appointed non-resident Minister Plenipotentiary to Egypt. On 1 July 1959 relations were elevated to Embassy level, and the Finnish Embassy was opened in September.

Finnish Minister to Egypt (residing in Rome)

* Asko Ivalo 1954-1959

Finnish Ambassadors to Egypt

# Atle Asanti: 1959-1962 # Osmo Orkomies: 1962-1966 # Soini Palasto: 1966-1969 # Pekka Malinen: 1969-1974 # Joel Pekuri: 1975-1978 # Björn-Olof Alholm: 1979-1980 # Olli Auero: 1980-1984 # Mauri Eggert: 1984-1987 # Antti Hynninen: 1987-1989 # Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä: 1990-1992 #

Garth Castrén Garth Christopher Castrén (born 1939) is a Finnish diplomat, a master of political science education. He has been Finnish Ambassador to Lusaka, 1984–1987, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1987, Deputy Director of the Development Cooperation Depar ...

: 1992-1997 #Aapo Pölhö: 1998-2002 #Hannes Mäntyvaara: 2002-2005 #Hannu Halinen: 2005-2009 #Roberto Tanzi-Albi: 2009–2013 #

Tuula Yrjölä Tuula Yrjölä is a Finnish diplomat. She is the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe since 1 October 2016, where she was appointed by the OSCE Presidency in 2016. She was the Ambassado ...

: 2013-2016 #Laura Kansikas-Debraise: 2017-2021 #Pekka Kosonen: 2021-present

External links

Emabassy of Finland, Cairo: History of the mission and list of Ambassadors
Ambassadors of Finland to Egypt

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