Anne Meskanen is a Finnish diplomat. In 2024, she is Head of Mission at Finland’s Embassy in Beirut. Yleisradio Oy website, Ambassador: Finnish Peacekeepers in Lebanon are Safe, article dated August 25, 2024 Iltalehti website, Ambassador Anne Meskanen: The Situation in Lebanon is escalating in an unprecedented way, article by Heini Kilpamäki dated September 23, 2024
She was the Finnish Ambassador to Kabul, Afghanistan from September 1, 2015.Tasavallan presidentin esittely 6.3.2015. Viitattu 18.4.2017 The mission was closed in March 2017 when a terrorist attack took place nearby.Suomen suurlähetystö Afganistanissa suljettiin maaliskuussa 2017, kun 500 metrin päässä oli tapahtunut hyökkäys. Ylen uutiset 8.3.2017. Viitattu 18.4.2017
Between 2018-2020 she worked as an advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Lebanese Government website, The President received the credentials of newly accredited ambassadors, from Denmark, Belgium, Finland and Canada., article dated September 15, 2022 She then served as the Deputy Head of Mission for the European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq from November 2020, Finnish Government website, Ministry for Foreign Affairs section, Anne Meskanen appointed as Deputy Head of Mission of European Union Advisory Mission in Iraq, article dated November 12 2020 before taking the post in Beirut in September 2022. Finnish Government website, Ministry for Foreign Affairs section, New Ambassadors to Beirut and Lusaka and Roving Ambassador to South Asia, article dated April 29 2022
Meskanen has worked in Finland at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs' General Global Affairs Unit.Marjatta Rasi kutsuttu YK:n rauhanrakentamisrahaston neuvonantajaksi. Suomen suurlähetystö, Vilna. 12.3.2007. Viitattu 18.4.2017
Biography Meskanen earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Helsinki before working as a journalist and foreign correspondent for the Demari Newspaper.
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