Anne Meskanen Explained

Anne Meskanen is a Finnish diplomat. In 2024, she is Head of Mission at Finland’s Embassy in Beirut.[1] [2]

She was the Finnish Ambassador to Kabul, Afghanistan from September 1, 2015.[3] [4] The mission was closed in March 2017 when a terrorist attack took place nearby.[5]

Between 2018-2020 she worked as an advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[6] She then served as the Deputy Head of Mission for the European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq from November 2020,[7] before taking the post in Beirut in September 2022.[8]

Meskanen has worked in Finland at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' General Global Affairs Unit.[9]

Biography

Meskanen earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Helsinki before working as a journalist and foreign correspondent for the Demari Newspaper.[10]

Notes and References

  1. https://yle.fi/a/74-20107123 Yleisradio Oy website, Ambassador: Finnish Peacekeepers in Lebanon are Safe, article dated August 25, 2024
  2. https://www.iltalehti.fi/ulkomaat/a/068067a5-899b-45a0-a38a-995f209a254c Iltalehti website, Ambassador Anne Meskanen: The Situation in Lebanon is escalating in an unprecedented way, article by Heini Kilpamäki dated September 23, 2024
  3. http://www.tpk.fi/Public/default.aspx?contentid=322399&nodeid=44810&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI Tasavallan presidentin esittely 6.3.2015.
  4. Web site: Leadership of ACCI met with Her Excellency Anne Meskanen Ambassador of Finland to Afghanistan. www.acci.org.af. en-gb. 2017-12-22.
  5. http://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9497178 Suomen suurlähetystö Afganistanissa suljettiin maaliskuussa 2017, kun 500 metrin päässä oli tapahtunut hyökkäys. Ylen uutiset
  6. https://presidency.gov.lb/English/News/Pages/Details.aspx?nid=27228 Lebanese Government website, The President received the credentials of newly accredited ambassadors, from Denmark, Belgium, Finland and Canada., article dated September 15, 2022
  7. https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/anne-meskanen-appointed-as-deputy-head-of-mission-of-european-union-advisory-mission-in-iraq Finnish Government website, Ministry for Foreign Affairs section, Anne Meskanen appointed as Deputy Head of Mission of European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq, article dated November 12 2020
  8. https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/-/new-ambassadors-to-beirut-and-lusaka-and-roving-ambassador-to-south-asia Finnish Government website, Ministry for Foreign Affairs section, New Ambassadors to Beirut and Lusaka and Roving Ambassador to South Asia, article dated April 29 2022
  9. http://www.finland.lt/public/default.aspx?contentid=87331&nodeid=38422&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI Marjatta Rasi kutsuttu YK:n rauhanrakentamisrahaston neuvonantajaksi. Suomen suurlähetystö, Vilna.
  10. Web site: Anne Meskanen: Literacy Enhances Women's Opportunities . Eurasian Women’s Community . 6 March 2020.

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