Risto Hyvärinen

Risto Ilmari Antero Hyvärinen (23 April 1926 – 8 March 2018) was a Finnish diplomat, a Doctor of Political Science and a Lieutenant Colonel (1966). He has been awarded the post of Special Envoy and Plenipotentiary Minister in 1970.[1] He has been Assistant-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ambassador, Foreign Affairs Counselor.[2]

Hyvärinen was employed by the Defense Forces in 1948–1965 and since 1965 at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, first head of its Political Department 1967-1972, then Ambassador in Belgrade and Athens from 1972 to 1975. He was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General at the Geneva Disarmament Committee 1975–1979 and Ambassador to New Delhi 1979[1]-1984, Beijing 1984–1989 and Budapest 1989–1992. He has written articles and books on international research.[3] His dissertation was on Hans Morgenthau's Politics Among Nations.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Facta 2001, Vol. 6., col. 299. WSOY 1981.
  2. ↑ Kansallisbiografia (subscription required).
  3. ↑ WSOY Iso Tietosanakirja, Vol. 3, p. 327. WSOY 1995.
  4. ↑ Guzzini, Stefano; Jung, Dietrich (2004). Contemporary Security Analysis and Copenhagen Peace Research. Taylor & Francis. p. 29.
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