She presented her credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on February 15, 2005. Kirsti Lintonen possesses a master's degree in political science and entered the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1971. She became an ambassador in Windhoek, Namibia in 1990.
Kirsti Lintonen formally presented herself to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on February 15, 2005. With a master's degree in political science and a long history at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which began in 1971, she later became an ambassador in Windhoek, Namibia.