Ritva Koukku-Ronde

Ritva Koukku-Ronde (2016)

Ritva Inkeri Koukku-Ronde (née Koukku, s. 15 April 1956 Lahti)[1] is a Finnish diplomat. She started as Ambassador to Berlin on September 1, 2015. Prior to being as Ambassador to Washington since 2011.[2]

Kouku-Ronde undergraduate in 1976.[1] He graduated from the University of Tampere in 1982 where she studied history and information. Gradually, Koukku-Ronde addressed the women's voting right in Britain 1906–1918. Between 1982 and 1985 she worked as a freelance journalist.[3]

Between 1983 and 1984 Hook-Ronde worked as secretary of the Embassy of the Hague of Finland.[1] She joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1985. She has worked in several positions at the Ministry and the Hague, Bonn, Nairobi and Berlin Representatives.[4]

Between 2003 and 2005, Koukku-Ronde served as Deputy Director General of the European Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2005–2009 Head of the Development Policy Department and 2009–2011 as Under-Secretary of State for Development and Development Co-operation.[1]

Koukku-Ronde's spouse is a Doctor of Technology Dutch -born Hidde Ronde.[5] They have two children.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kuka kukin on 2015. Helsinki. p. 398. ISBN 978-951-1-28228-0. (in Finnish)
  2. ↑ "Suomelle uusi Yhdysvaltain-suurlähettiläs". Suomen suurlähetystö, Washington.
  3. 1 2 Piipponen, Toni & Haavisto, Juha. Historioitsijan työkalupakista välineet kansainväliseen vaikuttamiseen. Kronikka. pp. 16–17. (in Finnish)
  4. ↑ "Uusia nimityksiä ulkoministeriössä: Koukku-Ronde alivaltiosihteeriksi, Tanner osastopäälliköksi ja Talonpoika apulaisosastopäälliköksi". Ulkoministeriö.
  5. ↑ Katri Merikallio, "Ritva Koukku-Ronde", Suomen Kuvalehti nro 37 16.9.2011 sivu 48–51
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