Atle Asanti

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Atle Armas Gabriel Asanti (until 1937 Aschan; 31 May 1905[1] - Turku 3 January 1992 Helsinki[2][1][3]) was a Finnish diplomat and lawyer.[1]

Asanti undergraduate as student in 1925. In 1931, he completed a bachelor's degree in law.[1] Asanti became Master in Law in 1934,[1] when he also went to work at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.[1]

Assanti worked as assistant at the delegations in Stockholm, Berlin and Moscow in the 1930s[1]

In the wake of the war, Asanti served as the secretary of the Foreign Ministry[1] and later as a Division Chief in between 1957-1959 [2] as well as the head of the Legal Department.[1]

Asanti was appointed Finland's first ambassador to the United Arab Republic from 1959 to 1962[1] and served also as Ambassador to Beirut and Khartoum 1959–1962[1] and eas Envoy to Addis Abeba between 1959–1962.[1][4]

After that, he was an ambassador in Prague 1962–1972[5] and Tirana 1962-1971.[1] Asanti retired in 1972.[1]

Asanti was also a member of the Board of Directors of Finnish Foreign Trade Association and International Law Association's Finnish Department.[1] The title of the Counselor's Counsel he got in 1947 and the title of the Sovereign special Ambassador in 1959[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Suurlähettiläs Atle Asanti Vanhan polven karriääridiplomaatti". Helsingin Sanomat.
  2. ^ a b Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, osa 1, p. 704. Otava 1967.
  3. ^ Facta 2001, osa 22, s. 173.
  4. ^ Suomen suurlähetystö, Kairo.
  5. ^ Facta 2001, osa 1, p. 704.
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