Otso Uolevi Wartiovaara (16 November 1908

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- 1991) was a Finnish diplomat. He graduated as a

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in 1934 and served as a Counselor in Washington D.C., 1949–1952. He was head of the administrative department of the

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1952–1954, head of the Legal Department 1954–1956, and then he was the Envoy in

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1956–1958 (as Ambassador 1958–1961) and

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1956–1961 Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, Otava 1966, osa 9 p. 1062 and Ambassador in

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in 1961–1968 and at the same time Finland's Permanent Representative to the

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and as Ambassador to

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1968–1974.

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Ambassadors of Finland to Yugoslavia Ambassadors of Finland to Greece Ambassadors of Finland to Austria Ambassadors of Finland to the United Kingdom 1908 births 1991 deaths Diplomats from Helsinki 20th-century Finnish lawyers Permanent Representatives of Finland to the United Nations {{finland-law-bio-stub