page_title: Maria Serenius
hierarchical_section_title: Maria Serenius
caption_attribution_description: Foto: Toms Norde, Valsts kanceleja
context_page_description: Maria Serenius is a Finnish diplomat. She was the Finnish Ambassador to Riga, from September 1, 2008 and retired in autumn 2012. She started at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1975.
  Before joining Riga, Serenius worked in Egypt, Japan, Sri Lanka and Switzerland. Between 1997 and 2001, she was the Consul General of Finland in Los Angeles.
  She has also worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Head of Department at Africa and the Middle East before moving to Turkey in 2004 as Ambassador to Ankara.
context_section_description: Maria Serenius is a Finnish diplomat. She was the  Finnish Ambassador to  Riga, from September 1, 2008 and retired in autumn 2012. She started at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1975.
  Before joining Riga, Serenius worked in Egypt, Japan, Sri Lanka and Switzerland. Between 1997 and 2001, she was the Consul General of Finland in Los Angeles.
  She has also worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Head of Department at Africa and the Middle East before moving to Turkey in 2004 as Ambassador to Ankara.
caption: Maria Serenius in 2012
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