Cabinet (until 1.3.2000):

KALELA, Jaakko
Secretary General

Born January 24, 1944 in Helsinki
Married

Lic. of Political Sc. , the University of Helsinki (International Politics and Law) 1969

Secretary General, 0ffice of the President of the Republic of Finland, Chief of the staff and adviser for foreign affairs to the President of the Republic) 1984 -
Chief of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic 1994 -
- Special Adviser for Foreign Affairs to the President of the Republic of Finland 1973 - 1983
- Director, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs 1972 - 1973
- Assistant Professor at the University of Helsinki (The Department of Political Science) 1966, 1969 - 1970
- Research Associate of the Finnish Academy 1966 - 1969, 1971 - 1972

RUSI, Alpo
Adviser

Born in Jyväskylä, Finland, 1949
Married, three children

Dr. of Political. Sc., the University of Helsinki, 1982

Adviser to the President of the Republic of Finland (since 1 March 1994) and Deputy Chief of the Cabinet (since 1 January 1996) of the President of the Republic
- Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Tampere since 1986 and at the University of Helsinki since 1994
- Ambassador at the Political Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1993 - 1994
- Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in Bonn 1992
- Director at the Political Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1991 - 1992,
- Resident Fellow at the Institute for East West Studies in New York 1988 - 1989 and Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York 1988 - 1989 Foreign Policy
- Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations in New York 1983 - 1986,
- Editor-in-chief of Lalli, 1982
- Member of the Finnish CSCE Delegation 1980 - 1981,
- First Secretary at the Finnish Embassy in Copenhagen 1977 - 1979,
- Vice-Consul in Hamburg 1975 - 1977

Publications: Press Censorship in the Continuation War (Helsinki, 1982), After the Cold War: Europe's New Political Architecture (New York, 1991), Dangerous Peace: New Rivalry in World Politics (New York, 1997).

 

MANNINEN, Martti
Adviser

Date and place of birth: November 13, 1943, Hirvensalmi, Finland
Married, two children

Finnish LL.M, Helsinki University 1968

Adviser to the President of the Republic and Deputy to the Secretary General of the Office of the President of the Republic and Member of the President´s Cabinet 1994-
- Special Counsel to the President of the Republic and Deputy to the Secretary General of the Office of the President of the Republic 1984 - 1994
- Staff Director and Principal Counsel for the Constitutional Committee and for the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland 1978 - 1984
- First Secretary and Chief of Section at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki 1975 - 1978
- Second Secretary and the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of Finland at the Embassy of Finland in Tel Aviv, Israel 1973 - 1975
- Attaché at the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C. in the United States of America 1971 - 1973
- Attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki 1970 - 1971
- Adviser to the Delegation of Finland at 25th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York 1970
Judge's Clerk 1968 - 1969 and Acting District Court Judge 1970 at Rantasalmi Judicial District

HASSINEN Raino
Adviser

Born May 13, 1957 in Helsinki
Married, one child

LL.M., University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law, 1983

Adviser to the President of the Republic of Finland, member of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic 1994 -
- Personal Assistant to Secretary of State; MFA 1991 - 1994
- First Secretary; MFA, Political Dept. 1990 - 1991
- Second Secretary; Embassy of Finland, Cairo, Egypt 1988 - 1990
- Attaché; MFA, Political Dept. 1987
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Legal Officer; UNHCR Regional Office for West Africa, Dakar, Senegal 1984 - 1985
Legal Officer; UNHCR Office of the Representative, Gaborone, Botswana 1983 - 1984

KALLIOKOSKI, Matti
Adviser

Born March 17, 1970 in Halsua

Studied politics at Helsinki University

Sanoma Corporation journalists' school 1990

Adviser to the President of the Republic and member of the Cabinet of the President of the Republic 1998- - Planner, Nokia Telecommunications 1996 - 1998
- Editor in chief of Ulkopolitiikka (Foreign Policy ) magazine and Yearbook of Finnish Foreign Policy publication 1994 - 1995
- Journalist, political section, Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, summer 1993
- Trainee researcher, Chydenius Institute, summer 1992

Publications: Eurooppa-tiedon käsikirja (Information handbook on Europe), with Jukka Salovaara, published by the European Commission's Representation in Finland 1996, Biography of Viljami Kalliokoski in progress.

KARUMAA, Antero
Commander

Born June 30, 1952 in Hämeenlinna
Married, two children


Military Academy 1974 - 1977
War College, Naval Branch 1985 - 1987

First Aide-de-Camp to the President 1996 -
- Second Aide-de-Camp to the President 1992 - 1996
- Third Aide-de-Camp to the President 1992
- Senior Staff Officer, Naval Headquarters 1987 - 1992
- Chief of Training, Naval Academy 1983 - 1985

PELTONEN, Mika
Lieutenant Colonel

Born January 23, 1956 in Tampere
Married, two children

Military Academy 1977 - 1980
War College, Ground Warfare Branch 1987 - 1989

Second Aide-de-Camp to the President 1996 -
- Third Aide-de-Camp to the President 1994 - 1995
- Battalion Officer, Uusimaa Jaegar Battalion 1993 - 1994
- Chief of Education, National Defence College 1993
- Senior Staff Officer, War College 1991 - 1992
- Senior Staff Officer, Helsinki Military District 1989 - 1991