Arto Olavi Mansala (born 1941

Kuopio Kuopio ( , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of North Savo. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Kuopio is approximately , while the Kuopio sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mos ...

) is a Finnish diplomat, a Bachelor of Political Sciences. He has been an ambassador in

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

between 1985 and 1989, in

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

in 1989–1992,

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

1993-1996 and

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

1996–2001. After returning home he was Counselor of Foreign Affairs at the Political Department of the

Ministry for Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral rela ...

2001–2002, Under-Secretary of State 2002–2003, Deputy Secretary of State for the Summer of 2003 and Secretary of State from the beginning of September 2003.Arto Mansalan cv
, Ulkoministeriö Mansala retired in 2008.Entinen suurlähettiläs Arto Mansala kirjoittaa arasti ajastaan Moskovassa.
Hs.fi (muistelmien kirja-arvostelu) (maksullinen)

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Ambassadors of Finland to China Ambassadors of Finland to Russia Ambassadors of Finland to Germany Ambassadors of Finland to Hungary 1941 births People from Kuopio Living people {{europe-diplomat-stub