Former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari has died at 86, Finland’s presidential office said on Monday.
Former Finnish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari has died at 86, Finland’s presidential office said on Monday.
Mr Ahtisaari passed away in Helsinki at 6:40 a.m. (0340 GMT), the presidential office said in a statement.
Mr Ahtisaari, born in 1937, served as Finland’s president from 1994 to 2000.
“He was president in times of change, who piloted Finland into a global EU era,” said Finnish President Sauli Niinistö.
In 2021, it became known that Mr Ahtisaari had Alzheimer’s disease, and as a result, he gave up all public activities.
