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Pertti Torstila

Finnish diplomat

Pertti Juhani Torstila (born 13 February 1946 in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta) is a Finnish retired diplomat. He has had a long career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland made by an official and a diplomat.²

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Born Feb 13, 1946.¹

About

Prior to his retirement, he served as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 2006-2014.

In June 2014, Torstila was elected Chairman of the Finnish Red Cross.

In May 2015, Torstila was promoted to the post of Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Budapest (Eötvös Lorand).

Pertti Torstila was elected in November 2015 as a "Social Science Fellow".

From Wikipedia’s article on Pertti Torstila, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Finnish Red CrossChair 2014 to 2019¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedÉcole nationale d'administration³

Career

Occupation: diplomat.⁶

2014 to 2019Chair, Finnish Red Cross⁵
2002 to 2006Ambassador of Finland to Sweden⁴

Torstila graduated as student in 1965. In 1966-1967, he was the UN peacekeeping forces (UNFICYP) in Cyprus. In 1970, Torstila graduated with a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Helsinki and started the same year as an assistant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1972 and 1973, Torstila prepared a European Conference on Security and Cooperation (OSCE), whose summit was held in Helsinki in 1975.

From 1973 to 1976, Torstila was Secretary of the Embassy of the Paris and from 1976 to 1978 at the Embassy of Budapest. From 1979 to 1980, Torstila was the Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Political Department of the Foreign Ministry. In 1980-1981, Torstila studied at the École nationale d'administration and in 1981-1984 was the Counselor in Paris.

From 1984 to 1988, Torstila was Head of the Department of Disarmament and Security Policy at the Department of Political Affairs of the Foreign Ministry and in 1988-1989 Deputy Head of the Political Department. From 1989 to 1992, he was the Finnish OSCE Ambassador in Vienna. In 1992, Torstila was Vice-Chairman of the Finnish OSCE delegation at the OSCE Monitoring and Summit in Helsinki.

Torstila was an ambassador in 1992-1996 in Hungary and Croatia. Between 1996 and 2000, he was head of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in 2000-2002 was the Under-Secretary of State. From 2002 to 2006, he was the Ambassador of Finland to Stockholm before moving to the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 2006. He retired in February 2014.

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Personal life

BornFeb 13, 1946, Jyväskylän maalaiskunta⁷
CitizenshipFinland⁸

Awards

2011Grand Cross of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria^{9 11}
Date not recordedCommander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland⁹
Date not recordedCommander of the Order of the Lion of Finland⁹
Date not recordedCommander with Star of the Order of Merit of Hungary⁹
Date not recordedCommanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star⁹
Date not recordedCross of Liberty, 1st Class with star⁹
Date not recordedCross of Merit of the Frontier Guards⁹
Date not recordedGrand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix⁹
Date not recordedGrand Cross of Royal Norwegian Order of Merit⁹
Date not recordedGrand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg⁹

More awards (14)

Date not recordedGrand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland⁹
Date not recordedGrand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix⁹
Date not recordedGrand Officer of the Legion of Honour⁹
Date not recordedKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic⁹
Date not recordedKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon⁹
Date not recordedKnight Grand Officer of the Order of Civil Merit (Spain)⁹
Date not recordedKnight of the National Order of Merit⁹
Date not recordedMedal for Military Merits⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Duke Domagoj⁹
Date not recordedOrder of Saint Agatha⁹
Date not recordedOrder of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 2nd Class⁹
Date not recordedOrder of the Three Stars, 2nd Class⁹
Date not recordedOrder of the Three Stars, 3rd Class^{9 10}
Date not recordedUNFICYP medal⁹

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WikidataPertti Torstila: Ambassador of Finland to Sweden, on Wikidata
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WikidataPertti Torstila: Chair, Finnish Red Cross, on Wikidata
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Wikimedia CommonsPertti Torstila photo by Suomen Punainen Risti/Jussi Vierimaa, CC BY-SA 4.0