Atle Armas Gabriel Asanti (until 1937 Aschan; 31 May 1905 [1] - 3 January 1992 [2] [1] [3] ) was a Finnish diplomat and lawyer. [1]
Atle Armas Gabriel Asanti (until 1937 Aschan; 31 May 1905 [1] - 3 January 1992 [2] [1] [3] ) was a Finnish diplomat and lawyer. [1]
Asanti became an undergraduate student in 1925. In 1931, he completed a bachelor's degree in law. [1] Asanti earned a Master in Law in 1934. [1] He went to work at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs that year. [1]
Assanti worked as an assistant to the delegations in Stockholm, Berlin, and Moscow in the 1930s. [1]
Post-war, Asanti served as secretary of the Foreign Ministry [1] and later as a Division Chief from 1957-1959 [2] as well as the head of the Legal Department. [1]
Asanti was appointed Finland's ambassador to the United Arab Republic from 1959 to 1962 [1] and served as Ambassador to Beirut and Khartoum 1959–1962. [1] He was Envoy to Addis Abeba between 1959–1962. [1] [4]
He was ambassador in Prague 1962–1972 [5] and Tirana 1962–1971. [1] Asanti retired in 1972. [1]
Asanti was a member of the Board of Directors of Finnish Foreign Trade Association and International Law Association's Finnish Department. [1]
In 1947 he received the title of the Counselor's Counsel; then in 1959 the title of the Sovereign Special Ambassador. [1]
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