Jussi Mäkinen (16 February 1929 Kuusjärvi – 2 October 1978 Helsinki) was a Finnish diplomat and ambassador, who attracted public attention in the 1970s for his homosexuality and alcohol problems.Mäkinen was a gifted diplomat and had been a close friend of President Urho Kekkonen since the early 1950s.
Kekkonen tried to hide Mäkinen's controversial issues.