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          Martti Ahtisaari is the world's most renowned and successful mediator in international conflicts.

        1. Ahtisaari, Martti (–).
        2. Ahtisaari also served for six years as President of Finland, the first holder of that office to be directly elected.
        3. Martti Ahtisaari is former President of the Republic of Finland.
        4. Since then, Martti Ahtisaari has continued to work tirelessly for peace, and has created a non-profit group dedicated to ending conflict.
        5. Ahtisaari also served for six years as President of Finland, the first holder of that office to be directly elected....

          Martti Ahtisaari

          President of Finland from 1994 to 2000

          Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari (Finnish:[ˈmɑrtːi(ˈoi̯ʋɑˈkɑleʋi)ˈɑhtisɑːri], 23 June 1937 – 16 October 2023) was a Finnish politician, the tenth president of Finland, from 1994 to 2000, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work.

          Ahtisaari was a United Nations special envoy for Kosovo, charged with organizing the Kosovo status process negotiations. These negotiations aimed to resolve a long-running dispute in Kosovo, which later declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.

          In October 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts".[1] The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari had played a prominent role in resolving serious and long-lasting conflicts, including ones in Namibia, Aceh (Indonesia),[2] Kosovo and Se