Esko Rajakoski
{{Short description|Finnish diplomat (1934–2002)}}
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Esko Rajakoski (30 January 1934 – 20 October 2002) was a Finnish diplomat. He served as ambassador of Finland in various countries, including Venezuela and Argentina.
Biography
Rajakoski was born in Helsinki on 30 January 1934.{{cite book|title=Kuka kukin on 1982|location=Helsinki|publisher=Otava |pages= 792|isbn=951-1-06659-5|language=fi}} He was a bachelor of political science. In 1975 he was named as the special envoy and a plenipotential minister. He was a negotiating officer from 1980 to 1983, ambassador to Buenos Aires in 1983Facta 2001, WSOY 1985, 13. osa, palsta 473–1987,{{cite web|url=http://www.finlandia.org.ar/public/default.aspx?nodeid=39825&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI|title=Edustautumisen historia. Suomen suurlähetystö, Buenos Aires|publisher=Suomen ulkoasiainministeriö|language=fi|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905000715/http://www.finlandia.org.ar/public/default.aspx?nodeid=39825&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI|url-status=dead}} Caracas 1989–1994Ulkoasiainhallinnon matrikkeli 2, s. 415. and Prague 1994–1999.{{cite web|url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=16142&culture=fi-FI&contentlan=1|title=Suomen edustustot maittain.Suomen suurlähetystö, Praha|publisher=Ulkoasiainministeriö|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112012121/http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=16142&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI|archive-date=12 January 2015|url-status=dead}} At the beginning of the 2000s he was among the contributors of the Kanava magazine.{{cite news|author= J P Roos|title=Kahtiajakautunut sivistyneistö|work=Helsinki
|url=https://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/jproos/kahtiajak.htm|language=fi|access-date=22 September 2023|quote=originally published in Kanava{{'}}s 70th anniversary issue in 2003, pp.83–86}}
Rajakoski died on 20 October 2002.{{cite news|author=Pakarinen Aili |title=Diplomaatti valmisteli Suomen Etykiä |url=https://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/art-2000004093422.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Helsingin Sanomat|date=27 October 2002 |language=fi}}