Jaakko Hallama | |
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.jpg) Hallama in 1979 | |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 18 December 1963 – 12 September 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Reino R. Lehto |
| Preceded by | Veli Merikoski |
| Succeeded by | Ahti Karjalainen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Eino Jaakko Untamo Hallama (1917-03-28)28 March 1917 Kuopio, Finland |
| Died | 11 February 1996(1996-02-11) (aged 78) Helsinki, Finland |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Eino Jaakko Untamo Hallama (until 1934Airaksinen; 28 March 1917Kuopio – 11 February 1996Helsinki) was a Finnish diplomat and a longtime Ambassador of Finland to Moscow,[1] who served asminister for foreign affairs in theLehto caretaker government from 1963 to 1964.[2]
Hallama's parents were a lawyer, Eino Arvid Airaksinen, a lawyer and a kindergarten teacher, Inga Kajsi Hallman. He spent some of his childhood and youth inViipuri. After divorcing his parents, Jaakko took up his mother's maiden name when he was 16 years old. He translated it from Hallman to Hallama.
He graduated fromKuopio lyceum in 1936, studied atCambridge University in 1938 and graduated in Finland as a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1941. In 1960 he received aSpecial Envoy and a Plenipotentiary Minister.[3][4][5]
Hallama has been employed by theMinistry for Foreign Affairs since 1941. He served as Assistant to the Ministry from 1941 to 1943, Assistant toBern in 1943-1945 and as a Chamber Secretary in 1945–1948.
Hallama served as secretary of state inBrussels from 1948 to 1949 and in Washington from 1949 to 1952 and then as a division officer in 1952-1954 and as counselor inMoscow 1954–1958.
He served as director general for political affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1959 to 1962, secretary of state from 1962 to 1967, ambassador toMoscow in 1967-1970 and 1974-1982 andCopenhagen (1970-1974).[3][4]
As Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Hallama was forced into resign at the middle of aNote crisis in the fall of 1961, and his role in the settlement was later a huge controversy. Hallama first visited with Foreign MinisterAhti Karjalainen in Moscow and eventually with PresidentUrho Kekkonen inNovosibirsk. Hallama received in Novosibirsk information about the ousting of Chancellor of JusticeOlavi Honka from candidate inpresidential nomination.
According to the history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, quoted by historian Timo Soikkanen, Hallama would immediately have turned to the US Embassy in Helsinki to informNATO in order to receive moral support to Finland. According to Soikkanen, Hallama secured the matter from the president and the government and thus took a huge risk for his career.
Most other historians, however, have considered Soikkanen's views of Hallama's action as unfounded and imaginative. Among other things, Ilkka Pastinen, who has acted as UN ambassador to Finland, said that, on the contrary, Hallama was extremely cautious.[5]
At about 40 years of age, Hallama became ill withParkinson's disease, which was attempted in 1963 to improve her condition at theKarolinska Hospital inStockholm by surgery by the world-famous Swedish brain surgeonHerbert Olivecrona. However, the operation did not succeed, as a result of which Hallama lost his speech almost completely. Despite his illness, Urho Kekkonen relied on his Soviet knowledge so much that he named Hallama as an important ambassador to Moscow in 1967.
After four years as an ambassador inCopenhagen, Hallama returned to Moscow as Ambassador in 1974. WhenMauno Koivisto became a new president in 1982, Hallama was called home from Moscow and moved from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to retire in 1983 after working for more than 40 years.[5]
Jaakko Hallama was married since 1947 with Anita Hallama (née. Weber) and had two sons. Anita Hallama became known for her long-term relationship with President Urho Kekkonen.[6][4] According to Kauko Jämsén, who has been a secretary in Moscow under the auspices of Hamaam, Kekkonen has appointed an already seriously ill Jaakko Hallama Ambassador to Moscow in 1974, specifically from Anita Hallama's will, even though the Soviet people had been told that Hallama was a less desirable person because of his unclear speech.[5]
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| Preceded by | Foreign Minister of Finland 1963–1964 | Succeeded by |
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