Pertti Torstila

Pertti Juhani Torstila (born 13 February 1946 in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta) is a Finnish retired diplomat. He has had a long career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland made by an official and a diplomat. Prior to his retirement, he served as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 2006-2014.

In June 2014, Torstila was elected Chairman of the Finnish Red Cross.

In May 2015, Torstila was promoted to the post of Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Budapest (Eötvös Lorand).

Pertti Torstila was elected in November 2015 as a "Social Science Fellow".

Career Torstila graduated as student in 1965. In 1966-1967, he was the UN peacekeeping forces (UNFICYP) in Cyprus.

From 1973 to 1976, Torstila was Secretary of the Embassy of the Paris and from 1976 to 1978 at the Embassy of Budapest. From 1979 to 1980, Torstila was the Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Political Department of the Foreign Ministry. In 1980-1981, Torstila studied at the École nationale d'administration and in 1981-1984 was the Counselor in Paris.