Martti Ahtisaari, Finland's former president and a global peace broker awarded the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize for his work to resolve international conflicts, has died.
Le’Keian Woods’ mother pressing for justice as son questions how officers seen in viral arrest video are still workingFILE - Martti Ahtisaari, UN Special Representative for Namibia, speaks at a press conference where he declared that the voting in Namibia had been free and fair, Saturday, Nov. 11, 1989. Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland and global peace broker awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008 for his work to resolve international conflicts, died Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.
When the Norwegian Nobel Peace Committee picked Ahtisaari in October 2008, it cited him"for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts." After that he joined the U.N., working at its New York headquarters, before heading the U.N. operation that brought independence to Namibia in 1990. Ahtisaari had become deeply involved in activities aimed at preparing Namibians for independence during his diplomatic tenure in Africa in the 1970s.
After returning to Finland in 1991, Ahtisaari worked as a foreign ministry secretary of state before being elected president in 1994 for a six-year term. He was the first Finnish head of state to be elected directly instead of through an electoral college. As president, Ahtisaari traveled abroad more widely than any of his predecessors. At home, he often appeared impatient and vexed by media criticism — he was clearly much more comfortable in international circles.
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