Career
He also served as European Union Coordinator for the Sarajevo Summit 1999 and deputy Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Western Balkans in 1999-2000. He worked as professor of International Relations, 2000-2003, at Lapland University and in Hamburg. Later on 2007-2009 he was senior adviser in the Cabinet staff of the President of the United Nations General Assembly.
Rusi was from 2009-2014 the ambassador of Finland to Switzerland, with accreditation also to Liechtenstein and the Vatican.
Rusi is a recognized scholar in the field of international relations and history of Finland, and has published several books in Finland, and in the United States and Great Britain. Harvard University invited Rusi to be a Russia Expert at The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies in 2015.
Rusi was a Member of Parliament Candidate for the Centre Party in 2015 parliamentary elections. He was a Member of the European Parliament Candidate in 2004 European Parliament Elections and a Member of Parliament Candidate in 2007.
Expert, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, 2015- Ambassador of Finland, Bern, Switzerland, 2009-2014 Senior Adviser in the Cabinet Staff of the President of the United Nations General Assembly, 2007-2009 Roving Ambassador in the Balkans, 2004-2007 Chairman of the Evaluation Committee of the Stability Pact for Western Balkans, 2005-2006 Professor of International Relations, University of Lapland, 2000-2003 Deputy Coordinator of the Stability Pact for Western Balkans, 2000 European Union Coordinator for the Sarajevo Summit, 1999 Adviser of President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari, 1994-1999 Ambassador, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1993 Minister, West Germany, 1992-1993 Chief of West Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1991-1992 Resident Fellow, EastWest Institute, New York, the United States, 1988-1989 Visiting Researcher, Columbia University, New York, the United States, 1988-1989 Chief of Planning Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1987-1990 Counsellor, the United Nations, 1983-1986 Editor in Chief, Lalli Newspaper, 1982 First Secretary, Embassy of Finland in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1977-1979 Vice Consular, West Germany, 1975-1977 Maturity Test, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1975 Attaché, Embassy of Finland in London, the United Kingdom, 1974 Attaché, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1973 In 2002 the Finnish Security Police (SUPO) investigated Alpo Rusi of espionage on behalf of the Stasi between 1969 and 1976.
The investigation was leaked to the media on September 10, 2002 and caused a major "trial by media" in Finland. Alpo Rusi was declared innocent by the State Prosecutor on June 11, 2003. Later the same prosecutor told the Helsingin Sanomat (January 24, 2010) that Supo made a mistake by not ending the investigation in January 2003 when it was clear that Alpo Rusi had nothing to do with Stasi or Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security). Alpo Rusi"s brother Jukka Rusi had been in contact with the East Germany and the Soviet Union.
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