Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen Explained

Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
Office:Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland
Term Start:21 March 1931
Term End:14 December 1932
Predecessor:Hjalmar J. Procopé
Successor:Antti Hackzell
Office1:Finnish ambasador to the Soviet Union
Term Start1:1 January 1931
Term End1:8 April 1940
Predecessor1:Pontus Artti
Successor1:Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Birth Date:9 December 1885
Birth Place:Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland
Resting Place:Hietaniemi Cemetery
Nationality:Russian
Party:National Coalition Party
Alma Mater:Imperial Alexander University
Profession:Diplomat, civil servant

Aarno Armas Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen (9 December 1885, Helsinki – 8 June 1951, Helsinki)[1] was a Finnish politician, Envoy and freiherr. He graduated as jurist and received the title varatuomari in 1915.

After the Finnish independence in 1917, Yrjö-Koskinen served under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Chief of political division from 1924 and Chief of staff from 1929. He worked as an Envoy in Moscow between 1 January 1931 and 8 April 1940.

Yrjö-Koskinen also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 21 March 1931 and 15 December 1932.[2] During his ministry Yrjö-Koskinen signed on behalf of Finland the Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union. At beginning of the Winter War he moved from Moscow to the Finnish embassy in Ankara. Yrjö-Koskinen served in Turkey till 1950, and yet a small time in The Hague, the Netherlands.

Yrjö-Koskinen's father was the Finnish senator Yrjö Yrjö-Koskinen and grandfather was senator and historian Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen.

Notes and References

  1. http://valtioneuvosto.fi/hakemisto/ministerikortisto/ministeritiedot.asp?ministeri=Yrj%F6-Koskinen&nro=454 Valtioneuvosto: Ministerikortisto: Yrjö-Koskinen, Aarno Armas Sakari
  2. Web site: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland - Ministers of Foreign Affairs . Valtioneuvosto.fi . 30 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716073918/http://formin.finland.fi/public/?contentid=41366&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI . 2011-07-16 . dead .