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Hon. Pär Stenbäck<br />
2011-<br />
Hon. Pär Stenbäck is currently a member of the Standing Commission having been elected in<br />
November 2011. He began his Red Cross career as the Secretary General of the Finnish Red<br />
Cross from 1985 until his appointment as Secretary General of the IFRC in 1987. During his<br />
tenure as Secretary General and with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, he successfully<br />
managed to expand the geographical reach of the Movement’s activities. He also promoted<br />
the creation of permanent regional delegations that would support the work of National<br />
Societies. 123<br />
Hon. Stenbäck also improved cooperation with the UNHCR and set the<br />
foundation for the Movement’s work on refugees. In the 1980s, prior to joining the<br />
Movement, he served in the Finnish government as both Minister of Education (1979-1982)<br />
and Minister of Foreign Relations (1982-1983). After leaving the Federation, Hon. Stenbäck<br />
returned to his National Society as the President and also became a member of the<br />
Executive Board of the International Crisis Group. In 2009 he received the Henry Dunant<br />
Medal. He was born on August 12 th<br />
1941 in Porvoo, Finland and is married with two<br />
children. 124125126<br />
123 Finnish Red Cross<br />
124 Standing Commission<br />
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