H.E. Satu Suikkari-Kleven

Satu Suikkari-Kleven has served as Finland’s Ambassador to Portugal and Cabo Verde since September 2020. Prior to her current position, Suikkari-Kleven served as Finland’s Ambassador to Thailand, accredited also to Cambodia and Myanmar. She joined the Finnish Foreign Service in 1998. Suikkari-Kleven has held various positions at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, including as Director of the Unit of Public International Law (2012-2016), at the Political Department with Human Rights and UN Security Council matters, as well as at the Department for International Development Cooperation and Legal Service. Her earlier postings abroad include the Finnish Embassy in Oslo where she served as the Deputy Head of Mission, the Finnish Mission to the United Nations in New York and she was seconded to the Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. Prior to joining the Foreign Ministry, SuikkariKleven worked for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, with short-term mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Ambassador Suikkari-Kleven holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki, with Public International Law as her major subject.