Paavo_Rantanen

Paavo Rantanen

Paavo Rantanen

Finnish diplomat

Paavo Rantanen (born 28 February 1934)[1] is a Finnish former Foreign Ministry official who was briefly the Minister for Foreign Affairs.[2]

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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 Nokia Executive Board 1988–1995, until he became a non-aligned Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Esko Aho's cabinet following the resignation of Heikki Haavisto. Rantanen was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for 70 days and was forced to resign after the 1995 parliamentary elections.

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    "Ministerikortisto". Valtioneuvosto (Finnish Government). Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland – Ministers of Foreign Affairs". Valtioneuvosto.fi. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
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