Osmo Lennart Orkomies (8 October 1912 in Juankoski – 12 May 1996) was a Finnish diplomat, educated lawyer.[1] He was an Envoy in Germany from 1950 to 1952. He was appointed head of the division for political affairs at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in January 1959.[2] He was then Ambassador to Bern in 1959–1962 and Cairo from 1962 to 1966.[3] He was an ambassador in Warsaw 1967–1972,[4] Algiers and Tunis 1975–1979.[5]
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References
edit- ^ Orkomies’ obituary in Helsingin Sanomat.
- ^ Jukka Nissinen (2019). Finnish Diplomats as Interpreters of Finland’s Foreign Policy 1955–1971 Question of Neutrality and Divided Germany (PhD thesis). University of Jyväskylä. p. 54.
- ^ Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, Vol. 6, col. 713. Otava 1968.
- ^ "Suomen edustustopäälliköt Puolassa Suomen suurlähetystö, Varsova". Suomen ulkoasiainministeriö.
- ^ Ulkoministeriö
External links
edit- Media related to Osmo Orkomies at Wikimedia Commons