Mikko Samuli Jokela (born. 15 October 1947) is a Finnish diplomat and civil servant. He worked as a protocol manager at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs between 2010 and 2012 until his retirement. In 2005-2010, Jokela was Ambassador to the Netherlands .
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) is a ministry in the Finnish Government and is responsible for preparing and implementing the government's foreign policy.
Jokela joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976 and worked as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the State Secretary as well as for various positions in Trade Policy and Political Affairs, including Head of Research and Planning Unit. Jokela also worked at the embassies of Bonn, Budapest, Stockholm and the Consul General in Hamburg (2001-2005). [1]
The Federal City of Bonn is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About 24 km (15 mi) south-southeast of Cologne, Bonn is in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region, Germany's largest metropolitan area, with over 11 million inhabitants. It is famously known as the birthplace of Ludwig van Beethoven in 1770. Beethoven spent his childhood and teenage years in Bonn.
Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary, and the tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits. The city had an estimated population of 1,752,704 in 2016 distributed over a land area of about 525 square kilometres. Budapest is both a city and county, and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres and a population of 3,303,786, comprising 33 percent of the population of Hungary.
Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous urban area in the Nordic countries; 962,154 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Just outside the city and along the coast is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the capital of Stockholm County.
In 2005-2010, Jokela served as Ambassador to the Netherlands in The Hague. [1] He also represented Finland at the United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), which is also located in The Hague.
The Hague is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland. It is also the seat of government of the Netherlands.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention, which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member states, has its seat in The Hague, Netherlands, and oversees the global endeavour for the permanent and verifiable elimination of chemical weapons.
1 February 2010 Jokela started as a protocol manager at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He left the job retiring in 2012. [2]
