Paavo Rantanen (born 28 February 1934) is a Finnish former Foreign Ministry official who was briefly the

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. Rantanen was an undersecretary of foreign trade before becoming the Finnish ambassador to Washington. He worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for thirty years from 1958 to 1988. He also served on the

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Executive Board 1988–1995, until he became a non-aligned Minister of Foreign Affairs in the

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following the resignation of

Heikki Haavisto Heikki Haavisto (20 August 1935 – 22 July 2022) was a Finnish politician and lobbyist. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Esko Aho's cabinet between 1993 and 1995 representing Centre Party. Haavisto was a long-term chairman of MTK, a ...

. Rantanen was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for 70 days and was forced to resign after the 1995 parliamentary elections.

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