title: Martti Ahtisaari
text: Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari  (pronounced ) (born 23 June 1937) is a Finnish politician. He was the 10th President of Finland between 1994 until 2000. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008. He is also a United Nations diplomat and mediator. He is known for his international peace work.
  
  Nobel Prize
  Ahtisaari was a UN Special Envoy at the Kosovo status process negotiations. These negotiations were aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008. In October 2008, Ahtisaari was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for his efforts on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts". The Nobel statement said that Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving many conflicts in Namibia, Indonesia, Kosovo and Iraq, among other areas.
  
  Health
  In September 2021, Ahtisaari was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
  
  References
  
  Other websites
  Martti Ahtisaari's homepage
  Martti Ahtisaari's Project Syndicate op/eds
  Ahtisaari Nobel Prize lecture
  ThisisFINLAND -Nobel recognition rewards peaceful resolutions
  
   Martti Ahtisaari in The Presidents of Finland
  
  1937 births
  Living people
  Presidents of Finland
  Finnish Nobel Prize winners
  People with Alzheimer's disease
  Social Democratic Party of Finland politicians