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Head of Mission

Ambassador Terhi Hakala

Ambassador Terhi Hakala, an expert on Southern Caucasus and Eastern Europe, took up her duties as the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia in October 2007. At the time of her appointment, she was serving as Finland's Roving Ambassador to Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Prior to this, Ambassador Hakala headed the Foreign Ministry's Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. From 1995 to 1996, she served on the Finnish co-chairmanship team of the OSCE Minsk Conference, which is seeking a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

She joined Finland's diplomatic service in 1988, later carrying out various assignments in her country's Embassy in Moscow, General Consulate in St. Petersburg and Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna.

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Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Tbilisi, 23 October 2007. (OSCE/David Khizanishvili)

Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Tbilisi, 23 October 2007. (OSCE/David Khizanishvili)