Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen
Male, Deceased Person
1885 – 1951
Who was Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen?
Aarno Armas Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen was a Finnish politician, ambassador 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 ambassador in Moscow between 1 January 1931 and 8 April 1940 .
Yrjö-Koskinen also served as the Finnish Foreign Minister between 21 March 1931 and 14 December 1932. 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 Koskinen.
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- Born
- Dec 9, 1885
Grand Duchy of Finland - Lived in
- Helsinki
- Died
- Jun 8, 1951
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on July 23, 2013
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