Pentti Väänänen

a Finnish politician and Master of Laws from the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP).

Willy Brandt, Pentti Väänänen and Kalevi Sorsa in 1977 in Finland

Pentti Väänänen (1945 - 2020) was

He is a Master of Laws. He worked in the Social Democratic Party of Finland as the secretary for international affairs between 1976 and 1983, and also as an advisor for Prime Minister Kalevi Sorsa from 1980 to 1983. In 1983 Väänänen was elected as the Secretary General of Socialist International to succeed Bernt Carlsson,[1] and served until 1989.[2] Later he worked in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly until 2004.

He is the author of book Purppuraruusu ja samettinyrkki (in Finnish), ISBN 9789525787115.

References
  1. "PRESIDIUM ELECTED BY THE XVII CONGRESS". Socialist International.
  2. "PRESIDIUM ELECTED BY THE XVIII CONGRESS". Socialist International.


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