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Martti Ahtisaari

<p><b>Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari</b> (<small about="#mwt21" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-fi&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-fi&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;ˈmɑrtːi ˈʔoi̯ʋɑ ˈkɑleʋi ˈʔɑhtisɑːri&quot;},&quot;2&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;lang&quot;},&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;fi-Martti_Ahtisaari.ogg&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">Finnish:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/Finnish" title="Help:IPA/Finnish" class="wl">[ˈmɑrtːi ˈʔoi̯ʋɑ ˈkɑleʋi ˈʔɑhtisɑːri]</a></span><span> </span><span class="nowrap" style="font-size:85%">(<span class="unicode haudio"><span class="fn"><span style="white-space:nowrap;margin-right:.25em;"><span><a href="/en/File:Fi-Martti_Ahtisaari.ogg" title="About this sound" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy" alt="Loudspeaker.svg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/11px-Loudspeaker.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="11" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/17px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Loudspeaker.svg/22px-Loudspeaker.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span><a href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Fi-Martti_Ahtisaari.ogg" resource="./Media:Fi-Martti_Ahtisaari.ogg" title="Fi-Martti Ahtisaari.ogg" target="_blank">listen</a></span></span>)</span>; born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish <a href="/en/Politician" title="Politician" class="wl">politician</a>, the tenth <a href="/en/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland" class="wl">president of Finland</a> (1994–2000), a <a href="/en/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize" class="wl">Nobel Peace Prize</a> laureate, and a <a href="/en/United_Nations" title="United Nations" class="wl">United Nations</a> <a href="/en/Diplomat" title="Diplomat" class="wl">diplomat</a> and <a href="/en/Mediation" title="Mediation" class="wl">mediator</a> noted for his international <a href="/en/Peaceworker" title="Peaceworker" class="wl">peace work</a>.</p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">President of Finland from 1994 to 2000</div>
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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Martti Ahtisaari, 10th President of Finland, ...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Martti Ahtisaari</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg/220px-Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="6560" data-file-type="bitmap" height="294" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg/330px-Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg/440px-Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg 2x" alt="Martti_Ahtisaari_2012-04-16.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Ahtisaari in 2012</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">10th <a href="/en/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland" class="wl">President of Finland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1 March 1994<span>&nbsp;</span>–<span> </span>1 March 2000</td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"></style></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Esko_Aho" title="Esko Aho" class="wl">Esko Aho</a><br><a href="/en/Paavo_Lipponen" title="Paavo Lipponen" class="wl">Paavo Lipponen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Mauno_Koivisto" title="Mauno Koivisto" class="wl">Mauno Koivisto</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Tarja_Halonen" title="Tarja Halonen" class="wl">Tarja Halonen</a></td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"></style></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Ambassador of Finland to Tanzania</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1973–1977</td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"></style></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Seppo_Pietinen" title="Seppo Pietinen" class="wl">Seppo Pietinen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Richard Müller</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1937-06-23</span>) </span>23 June 1937<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>85)</span><br><a href="/en/Vyborg" title="Vyborg" class="wl">Viipuri</a>, Finland<br><small>(now Vyborg, <a href="/en/Russia" title="Russia" class="wl">Russia</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Finland" title="Social Democratic Party of Finland" class="wl">Social Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Eeva_Hyvärinen" title="Eeva Hyvärinen" class="mw-redirect wl">Eeva Hyvärinen</a><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Marko_Ahtisaari" title="Marko Ahtisaari" class="wl">Marko Ahtisaari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater" class="wl">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/University_of_Oulu" title="University of Oulu" class="wl">University of Oulu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize" class="wl">Nobel Peace Prize</a> <small>(<a href="/en/2008_Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="2008 Nobel Peace Prize" class="mw-redirect wl">2008</a>)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span><a href="/en/File:AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Martti Ahtisaari's signature" data-hash="File:AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png"><img loading="lazy" alt="AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png/128px-AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="57" data-file-type="bitmap" height="20" width="128" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png/192px-AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png/256px-AhtisaariMarttiSignature.png 2x"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg" class="mw-file-description image wl"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg/20px-Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="775" data-file-type="drawing" height="19" width="20" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg/30px-Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg/40px-Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg.png 2x" alt="Suomen_Maavoimien_tunnus.svg"></a></span> <a href="/en/Finnish_Army" title="Finnish Army" class="wl">Finnish Army</a><br></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span><a href="/en/File:Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg" class="mw-file-description image wl"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg/25px-Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="359" data-file-height="157" data-file-type="drawing" height="11" width="25" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg/38px-Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg/50px-Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg.png 2x" alt="Kapteeni_kauluslaatta.svg"></a></span> <a href="/en/Captain_(armed_forces)" title="Captain (armed forces)" class="wl">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right; font-size: 95%"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the <a href="/en/Kosovo_status_process" title="Kosovo status process" class="mw-redirect wl">Kosovo status process</a> negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in <a href="/en/Kosovo" title="Kosovo" class="wl">Kosovo</a>, which later declared its <a href="/en/2008_Kosovo_declaration_of_independence" title="2008 Kosovo declaration of independence" class="wl">independence</a> from <a href="/en/Serbia" title="Serbia" class="wl">Serbia</a> in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the <a href="/en/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize" class="wl">Nobel Peace Prize</a> "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-nobelprize1_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-nobelprize1-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari had played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts, including ones in <a href="/en/Namibia" title="Namibia" class="wl">Namibia</a>, <a href="/en/Aceh" title="Aceh" class="wl">Aceh</a> (<a href="/en/Indonesia" title="Indonesia" class="wl">Indonesia</a>),<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-yle01_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-yle01-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> <a href="/en/Kosovo" title="Kosovo" class="wl">Kosovo</a> and <a href="/en/Serbia" title="Serbia" class="wl">Serbia</a>, and <a href="/en/Iraq" title="Iraq" class="wl">Iraq</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-4"><a href="#cite_note-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span></p>

<p>Since the death of <a href="/en/Mauno_Koivisto" title="Mauno Koivisto" class="wl">Mauno Koivisto</a> in May 2017, Martti Ahtisaari is currently the oldest living President of Finland.</p>



Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari ; born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland , a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work. Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which later declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". Since the death of Mauno Koivisto in May 2017, Martti Ahtisaari is currently the oldest living President of Finland. 