Klaus Alarik Castrén (13 April 1923,

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– 17 January 2011,

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) was a Finnish diplomat, a Master of Political Science by education. He was the Finnish Ambassador to

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from 1970 to 1972, Head of Department Department of the Department of

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from 1972 to 1976, Ambassador to

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from 1976 to 1983 and to

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from 1983 to 1986. During his tenure in Argentina Castrén forbade and attempted to hinder any assistance to the victims of the military junta after the 1976 coup d'état, which in part led to the disappearance and death of at least one Finnish citizen, Hanna Hietala, and her family.

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