page_title: Martti Ahtisaari
hierarchical_section_title: Martti Ahtisaari
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Martti Ahtisaari, tidigare president Finland och mottagare av Nobels fredrspris.
context_page_description: Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work.
  Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which later declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts, including ones in Namibia, Aceh, Kosovo, and Iraq.
  Since the death of Mauno Koivisto in May 2017, Martti Ahtisaari is currently the oldest living President of Finland.
context_section_description: Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari ([mɑrtːi oiʋɑ kɑleʋi ɑhtisɑːri] (listen) born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work.
  Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which later declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts, including ones in Namibia, Aceh (Indonesia), Kosovo, and Iraq.
  Since the death of Mauno Koivisto in May 2017, Martti Ahtisaari is currently the oldest living President of Finland.
caption: President Martti Ahtisaari pictured in 2012
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