Pekka Huhtaniemi

Date and place of birth: 9 November 1949 at Valkeakoski, Finland
Marital status: Married, 3 children

Education

• M. Pol. Sc., University of Helsinki, 1971

Work Experience

• Since January 2006
  Under-secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• September 2003 December 2005
  Ambassador, Embassy of Finland, Oslo
• June 1998-August 2003
  Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Finland, Geneva
• January 1995-May 1998
  Head of Cabinet of Mr. Erkki Liikanen, Member of the European Commission, Brussels
• April 1994-December 1994
  Director General at the Department for External Economic Relations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, (on leave of absence due to an assignment at the Prime Minister's Office)
• April 1993-December 1994
  Special Adviser to the Prime Minister (economic affairs and, subsequently, international affairs) Prime Minister's Office, Helsinki
• 1991-1993
  Deputy Director General (multilateral trade and economic issues) at the Department for External Economic Relations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
• 1986-1991
  Minister Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to the GATT, Permanent Mission of Finland, Geneva
• 1983-1986
  Counsellor and, subsequently, Minister Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative (economic and social affairs) at the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations, New York
• 1979-1983
  First Secretary and, subsequently, Counsellor at the Department for External Economic Relations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki
• 1976-1979
  Attaché and, subsequently, Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Finland to the European Communities (also Embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg), Brussels
• 1972-1976
  Attaché and Second Secretary at the Department for External Economic Relations of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki