predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place nationality office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
henrik ramsay juho vennola rudolf holsti otto stenroth Åke gartz hjalmar procopé juho vennola rudolf holsti 26 march 1959 saint petersburg , imperial russia helsinki , finland finnish minister for foreign affairs 7 june 1876 8 27 november 1918 august 1944 1 january 1924 2 june 1922 carl enckell.jpg carl enckell
 17 17 april 1919 march 1950 31 may 1924 14 november 1922 carl enckell
carl enckell

carl enckell -lrb- 7 june 1876 , saint petersburg -- 26 march 1959 , helsinki -rrb- was a finnish politician , officer and diplomat .
he was the first representative of independent finland in saint petersburg .
on several occasions he served as the finnish foreign minister and as the finnish delegate in the league of nations .
enckell graduated as an officer from hamina cadet school after which he served in the imperial russian army , learning fluent russian .
in 1917 enckell negotiated for finnish independence in saint petersburg in the position of finnish minister secretary of state and representative of senate of finland .
enckell represented the newly independent finland in the league of nations .
it can be counted to his credit that the '' Åland crisis '' , a dispute between sweden and finland over ownership of the Åland islands , was resolved in finland 's favor .
the island group remained a part of finland .
enckell served as minister of foreign affairs 1918 - 1919 , 1922 , 1924 and 1944 - 1950 .
enckell was the ambassador of finland in paris between 1919 and 1927 after which he had a career as a banker .
he returned to diplomatic service in 1944 , served as the vice-chairman of the finnish peace delegation and in 10 february 1947 signed the paris peace treaty on behalf of finland .
