Martti Ahtisaari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Martti Ahtisaari

Finnish politician and former President of Finland

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1937

Place of Birth: Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

Profession: politician, diplomat

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari ([m?rt?i oi?? k?le?i ?htis??ri] (listen) born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician, the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work. Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which later declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.
In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".
The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts, including ones in Namibia, Aceh (Indonesia), Kosovo, and Iraq.