Osmo Buller is a

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Esperantist An Esperantist ( eo, esperantisto) is a person who speaks, reads or writes Esperanto. According to the Declaration of Boulogne, a document agreed upon at the first World Esperanto Congress in 1905, an Esperantist is someone who speaks Esperanto ...

(born 1950 in

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). He is General Director of the

Universal Esperanto Association The Universal Esperanto Association ( eo, Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5501 individual members in 121 countries and 9215 th ...

. Having been an active participant at the 1969

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''(Universala Kongreso de Esperanto),'' he began a career with the Finnish Esperanto Association. In 1985 he first began working in the World Esperanto Association Central Office. He became board secretary to the ''Estraro'' ( UEA steering committee) in 1989 but resigned in 1990 to become director of the Central Office. Subsequent to his period of directorship he became UEA general secretary in 1996. In protest at the election of

Renato Corsetti Renato Corsetti (born 29 March 1941) is an Italian Esperantist who served as President of the Universal Esperanto Association between 2001 and 2007. Born in Rome, Corsetti supports the idea that the people of the world should be able to communic ...

as UEA president, he resigned his office in 2001 but returned in 2004. He was named

Esperantist of the Year The Esperantist of the Year (''Esperantisto de la Jaro'') is an honorary designation bestowed each year by the editors of the Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Creat ...

in 2001.

External links

Osmo Buller Bibliography
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buller, Osmo Finnish Esperantists 1950 births Living people Left Alliance (Finland) politicians Communist Party of Finland politicians