Päivi Kairamo (former Kairamo-Hella, born 10 April 1964) is a Finnish diplomat and civil servant.
She has been working as Head of the United Nations Permanent Representation to Geneva from 1 July 2012.Kairamo was appointed as Finland's ambassador to Turkey on 1 September 2016Kairamo is a Bachelor of Law degree by education.She graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1990 and started her career at the Ministry of Labor in 1991.
Kairamo worked as a government secretary in the Ministry until 1995.
At the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Kairamo worked as a commercial council in 1995-1997 and 1998 and in Parliament as Committee on Social Affairs and Health 1997.Between 1998 and 2000, Kairamo served as a specialist in Finland's permanent EU delegation.
She worked as a European Commission official for 2000-2005.
Kairamo was the Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic of Finland 2005-2009 and at the Office of the President 2009-2012.Kairamo is a Social Democrat.Kairamo's father was Aimo Kairamo 's former editor-in-chief of the Finnish Social Democrat newspaper.