MÄKELÄ, Pauli Antero
Ambassador of Finland in Greece
Born March 17, 1951 in Juupajoki, Finland
B.Sc., 1974 & M.Sc (Economics & Business Administration, 1979, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration
M.Sc. (European Studies), London School of Economics, 1983
Studies at the Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, Italy 1975-76
Post-graduate studies at the European University Institute, Florence, Italy 1991-92
In the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1979
• Attaché 1979
• First Secretary 1986
• Counsellor 1993
• Ambassador 2000
– Attaché, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, 1979-83
– Attaché/First Secretary, Embassy of Finland in Brussels /Finnish Mission to the EC, 1983-86
– First Secretary, Embassy of Finland in Caracas, 1986-88
– First Secretary, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, 1989-92
– Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Paris, 1992-95
– Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Rome, 1995-98
– Director, Unit for Western Europe, Department for Europe, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Helsinki, 1998-2002
– Consul-General, Consulate General of Finland in Hong Kong, September 2002- June 2006
– Ambassador of Finland in Italy, in Malta and in San Marino, Rome, June 2006-October 2010
– Ambassador, MFA, Dept. for External Economic Relations, (ext. relations in energy), May 2012-August 2014
– Ambassador of Finland in Greece, 2014 –
Married to Leena KURKO, 1983 – A son
