Onni Talas

Onni Eugen Aleksander Talas (15 June 1877 – 3 May 1958; till 1895 Gratschoff) was a Finnish lawyer, politician, professor and diplomat, and was a member of the Senate of Finland.

Talas was born in Lappeenranta. He was the Chargé d'affaires to Madrid and Lisbon (1919–1921) and Envoy to Copenhagen (1930–1934), Budapest (1931–1940), Vienna (1933–1938), Ankara (1934–1940), Sofia (1934–1940), Belgrade (1934–1940), Rome (1940–1944) and the Independent State of Croatia (1941–1942). He was a professor of administrative law at the University of Helsinki in 1925 to 1930.

He died in Helsinki, aged 80 always remembered in the hearts of Finnish politicians and family. Provided by Wikipedia