Marja Liivala appointed Roving Ambassador to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan

On Wednesday 27 June, the President of the Republic appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Marja Liivala to serve as Roving Ambassador to Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. She will be based in Helsinki and will take up her post on 1 September 2018.

Marja Liivala has been Senior Adviser in the Foreign Ministry’s Unit for North Africa of the Department for the Americas and Asia since 2017. She has held various positions in the Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the Ministry and at Finland's Embassy in Moscow.

 

Liivala holds a Master of Social Sciences degree. She joined the Foreign Ministry in 1997 

 

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