Jari Sinkari appointed Director General of the Department for the Americas and Asia

The Government appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Jari Sinkari as Director General of the Department for Americas and Asia at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The appointment will be for a fixed term from 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2026.

Sinkari will transfer to the Ministry from Finland’s Embassy in Jakarta, where he has worked as Head of Mission in 2018–2022. From 2014 to 2018, he served as Consul General in Hong Kong. Before that, he worked at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Deputy Director General of the Department for Communications in 2011–2014, as Director of the Unit for Communications in 2010–2011 and as the official responsible for trade policy communications in 2007–2010. Prior to that, Sinkari worked at the Department for the Americas and Asia as Desk Officer responsible for relations with Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Australia and New Zealand. He has also served at the Consulate General of Finland in New York and Embassy of Finland in Tokyo.

Sinkari joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1997. He holds a Master’s degree in Social Sciences.

Inquiries:

Kirsti Pohjankukka, Deputy Director General for Human Resources, tel. +358 29 535 0038