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Veli Helenius

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24 January 1966. Helenius (seated, left) signs a Soviet-Finnish consular convention. His counterpart, Soviet diplomat Oleg Khlestov, is seated right.

Veli Arthur Helenius (5 October 1910 – 16 November 1984[1]) was a Finnish diplomat and lawyer.

Helenius was born and died in Helsinki. He was Chief Consul and Head of Commercial Representation in Cologne since 1958, Ambassador to New Delhi, Jakarta and Bangkok in 1961–1964, Head of the Administrative Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1964–1967, Ambassador to Beijing and Hanoi between 1967-1974 and Copenhagen 1974–1977.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Tolonen, Jaana (1988). Suomen lakimiehet – Finlands jurister (in Finnish). Helsinki: Lakimiesliiton kustannus. p. 1255. ISBN 951-640-395-6.
  2. ^ Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, osa 3, p. 544. Otava 1968.
  3. ^ Facta 2001, osa 5, p. 631.