Kirsti Pohjankukka appointed Director General for Human Resources

On 6 August, the Government appointed Kirsti Pohjankukka to the post of Director General for Human Resources at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Kirsi Pohjankukka, kuva: Oona Raivio
Photo: Oona Raivio

The Government appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Kirsti Pohjankukka to serve as Director General for Human Resource in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for a fixed term from 17 August 2020 to 31 August 2024. Pohjankukka will move to the new post from the Legal Service where she has been Director of the Unit for EU and Treaty Law  since 2018.

Before that, she was Deputy Head of Mission at the Finnish Embassy in Copenhagen in 2015–2018. In 2011–2015, Pohjankukka worked at the Finnish mission in Vienna, where her responsibilities included, for example, matters relating to IAEA’s peaceful use of nuclear power and drug and crime questions handled by the United Nations. In 2007–2009, she served in the Ministry's Unit for Human Rights Policy and handled matters relating to the UN and human rights. 

Pohjankukka joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 2005. Previously she worked, among other things, for the UN in the UN headquarters in New York and in Darfur, and in the headquarters of the Finnish Red Cross in Helsinki. She holds a Master of Laws degree.

Inquiries: Soile Kauranen, Counsellor, tel. +358 29 535 0194