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FINLAND - H.E. Pirkko Hämäläinen

Credentials: 07.01.2019

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Born: 26.9.1961 in Juankoski, Finland

Marital status: married with Juha Niemelä, two children (1992, 1995)

Education: Master in Social Sciences, Turku University 1988

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

15.7.2014 – 31.12.2018
Under-Secretary of State for Internal and External Services (Legal service, consular, protocol and administrative services and finance)

2012-2014
worked as Finland’s Ambassador to Latvia (Riga)

2009-2012
Chief of Personnel

2002-2005
Europe Information, Head of Unit

2000-2002
Adviser to Under-Secretary of State; Administrative affairs

At the Ministry worked in various positions as Second Secretary and Counsellor (1990-2000), Attaché (1989)

1989
joined the Finnish Foreign Service

Also worked in Finland’s foreign missions in various assignments:
New York (UN 1989)
Reykjavik (Iceland 1990-1992)
Vienna (Austria 1996-1998) and Tallinn (Estonia 2005-2009) as Minister Counsellor

Fotos: HBF/ Carina Karlovits und Daniel Trippolt