Jaakko Eino Untamo Hallama (born 28 March 1917 in Kuopio

Kuopio

Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

, died 11 February 1996)
was a former Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 Foreign Ministry official, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the politically neutral cabinet of Reino Lehto.

Hallama served as the ambassador to the Soviet Union and Mongolia (1967-1970 and 1974-1996), Denmark (1970-1974) and Afghanistan (1975-1982).

His wife, Anita Hallama, was known for her longstanding relationship with President Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kekkonen

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen...

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