Martti Ahtisaari - 2008 Winner Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize 2008 Winner – Martti Ahtisaari

The panel have selected Martti Ahtisaari (who was 8-1 in the betting odds) as this year’s 2008 Nobel Peace Prize winner, they chose Martti:

“for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts”

Congratulations to those of you who read our post on the Nobel Peace Prize Betting and plumped for this Finnish winner.

About Martti Ahtisaari

Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari is a former President of Finland (1994-2000) and a United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work.

His most recent appointment was as UN Special Envoy at the Kosovo status process negotiations, aimed at resolving a long-running dispute in Kosovo which declared its independence from Serbia in 2008.

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