Anne Lammila

Lammila, 2015

Raija Anne Lammila (born 6 December 1957)[1] is a Finnish diplomat.

Career

Lammila has been the Finnish Ombudsman for Equal Opportunity in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since the autumn of 2015. Prior to that she was the Finnish Ambassador to Mexico from 2011 to 2015 and has represented Finland in nine other countries: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and Belize.

Previously, she has worked at the Finnish Embassies in Brazil, Madrid, Paris (Unesco) and Washington. In 2015, the House of Representative of the Mexican Congress inaugurated her as an honorary doctorate as her work for children and young people to have right for education.[2][3]

Personal life

Since the 1980s Anne Lammila has been married to journalist Markku Saksa.[4]

References

1. Ollikainen, Hannu (1980). Turun KY 30 vuotta 1950–1980 (in Finnish). Turku: Turun kauppakorkeakoulun ylioppilaskunta. p. 129. ISBN 9519927840.
2. Suurlähettiläs Anne Lammila vihittiin kunniatohtoriksi Meksikon kongressissa. Suomen suurlähetystö, Mexico 17.2.2015. Viitattu 23.3.2017
3. Ihmisoikeuspolitiikan yksikkö. Ulkoasiainministeriö 21.3.2017. Viitattu 23.3.2017
4. Diplomaatin puoliso Markku Saksa kirjoittaa elämästään maailmalla: "Pysyvä tilapäisyys on arkea", Oma Aika 5/2013, 24.7.2013. Viitattu 23.3.2014. Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine