| Permanent Representative of the Republic of Finland | |
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| Website | http://finlandabroad.fi/UN |
This is a list of the permanent representatives of the Republic of Finland to the United Nations. The current office holder is Elina Kalkku.
| Permanent Representative of the Republic of Finland | |
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| Website | http://finlandabroad.fi/UN |
This is a list of the permanent representatives of the Republic of Finland to the United Nations. The current office holder is Elina Kalkku.
| Term of years | Permanent Representative [2] | Secretary-General | President |
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| 2022- | Elina Kalkku | António Guterres | Sauli Niinistö |
| 2019–2022 | Jukka Salovaara | António Guterres | Sauli Niinistö |
| 2014–2019 | Kai Sauer | Ban Ki-moon | Sauli Niinistö |
| 2009–2014 | Jarmo Viinanen | Tarja Halonen Sauli Niinistö | |
| 2005–2009 | Kirsti Lintonen | Kofi Annan | Tarja Halonen |
| 1998–2005 | Marjatta Rasi | Martti Ahtisaari | |
| 1991–1998 | Wilhelm Breitenstein | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Mauno Koivisto |
| 1988–1991 | Klaus Törnudd | ||
| 1983–1988 | Keijo Korhonen | ||
| 1977–1983 | Ilkka Pastinen | Kurt Waldheim | Urho Kekkonen |
| 1972–1977 | Aarno Karhilo | ||
| 1965–1972 | Max Jakobson | U Thant | |
| 1959–1965 | Ralph Enckell | Dag Hammarskjöld | |
| 1956–1958 | G. A. Gripenberg | Trygve Lie | Juho Kusti Paasikivi |
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