Max Jakobson

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Max Jakobson (born in Viipuri, Finland, (now Vyborg, Russia) in 1923) is a retired Finnish diplomat and journalist.

Jakobson began his career as journalist. He worked at the BBC. From 1953 to 1974 he was employed by the Finnish foreign ministry, eventually acting as Finland's ambassador to the United Nations and Sweden. He helped shape Finland's policy of neutrality during the Cold War.

In 1971 Jakobson was a candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General. His candidacy failed, ostensibly because of a Soviet Union veto, and perhaps because Jakobson is Jewish.

Jakobson has been active as a commentator on Finnish politics, having written several books and numerous articles on Finnish political history and contemporary Finnish politics.

He has acted as chairman of the Estonian International Commission for Investigation of Crimes Against Humanity investigating Communist and Nazi crimes in Estonia.^[1]

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[edit] See also

• Bilderberg Group
• Trilateral Commission

[edit] Further reading

• Jakobson, Max (1961). The Diplomacy of the Winter War: An Account of the Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
• About Jakobson's foiled bid for the UN Post at YLE Online.

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