Risto Ilmari Antero Hyvärinen (23 April 1926 – 8 March 2018) was a Finnish diplomat, a Doctor of Political Science and a Lieutenant Colonel (1966). He has been awarded the post of Special Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister in 1970.''Facta 2001'', Vol. 6., col. 299. WSOY 1981. He has been

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, Ambassador, Foreign Affairs Counselor. Hyvärinen was employed by the

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in 1948–1965 and since 1965 at the

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, first head of its Political Department 1967–1972, then Ambassador in

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and

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from 1972 to 1975. He was the

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at the

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

Disarmament Committee 1975–1979 and Ambassador to

New Delhi New Delhi (, , ''Naī Dillī'') is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT). New Delhi is the seat of all three branches of the government of India, hosting the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament House ...

1979-1984,

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1984–1989 and

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1989–1992. He has written articles and books on international research. His dissertation was on Hans Morgenthau's ''

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''.

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1926 births 2018 deaths Ambassadors of Finland to China Ambassadors of Finland to India Ambassadors of Finland to Greece Finnish soldiers People from Kuopio Ambassadors of Finland to Yugoslavia Ambassadors of Finland to Hungary Finnish officials of the United Nations Moorhouse–Rhodes family {{finland-diplomat-stub