Niilo Yrjö Gideon Orasmaa, last name until 1906 Österman (13 July 1889,

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

– 9 September 1970, Helsinki), was a Finnish diplomat. Orasmaa's parents were the merchant Mauritz Alexander Österman and Mathilda Sofia Wennerblom. He graduated in 1908 and graduated as a Master of Philosophy in 1924. Orasmaa has been employed by the

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since 1921. He was Secretary of State in

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from 1925 to 1928, Deputy Head of Political and Commercial Affairs in 1928 and Vice President of Political Affairs. 1929, in

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and

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1929–1933, Deputy Head of Trade Policy Department in 1933, and Head of Economic Policy Department 1933–1937. He was also Secretary of Trade Committees of 1922–1924, 1929 and 1933–1937. Orasmaa was an Envoy to

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, Montevideo and

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in 1937–1945, in

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from 1946 to 1950 and in

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and

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in 1953–1956. From 1951 to 1953, he served as the post of Head of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Niilo Orasmaa's Manuscript Collection is located in the library of the University of Tampere

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Orasmaa, Niilo 1889 births 1970 deaths Ambassadors of Finland to Argentina Ambassadors of Finland to Uruguay Ambassadors of Finland to Chile Ambassadors of Finland to Brazil Ambassadors of Finland to Yugoslavia Ambassadors of Finland to Greece