Pertti Ripatti

Pertti Justus Ripatti (31 May 1930 – 2 January 2016^[1]) was a Finnish diplomat and lawyer.

Pertti Ripatti in 1966.

Ripatti was born in Viipuri. His father was Justus Ripatti, who served as a state mediator.^[2] Before his diplomatic career, he was from 1962 to 1977 employed in The Finnish Employers' Confederation and then in the Ministry of Finance.^[2]

He was a Finnish Ambassador to Kuwait from 1981 to 1985^[3] and was accredited in 1982 to Abu Dhabi.^[4] He was an Ambassador to Caracas from 1985 to 1989 and to Kuala Lumpur from 1989 to 1992 and Consul to New York from 1992 to 1995.^[2]

He died in Westchester, United States, aged 85.