{{short description|Finnish lawyer and diplomat|bot=PearBOT 5}} '''Sinikka Aulikki Antila''' (born 4 November 1960) is a Finnish lawyer and diplomat.<ref>{{cite book | editor1=Laurila, Petri | editor2=Salo, Mikko | title=Suomen lakimiehet – Finlands jurister 2003 | page=44 | series=Suomen Lakimiesliiton kirjasarja, 118 | location=Helsinki | publisher=Talentum | year=2003 | issn=0585-9530 | isbn=952-14-0637-2 }}</ref> She is a leading expert in trade and development{{citation needed|date=April 2018}} at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Policy Department.
Antila was born in Tampere, and started working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985.<ref name="formin 2" />
Between 1988 and 1991, she worked at the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Côte d'Ivoire. At the same time she was in Nigeria as a Manager of the Canadian Fund and as a free-lancer consultant.<ref name="formin 2">[http://formin.fi/public/default.aspx?contentid=212881&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI Suurlähettiläsnimityksiä.] Ulkoasiainministeriö, 11 February 2011. Read 28 March 2017</ref>
From 1998 to 2003, Antila served as Development Co-operation Counselor and Temporary Attorney at the Finnish Embassy in Windhoek from 2001 to 2003. In addition, she has worked in the ministry for development policy positions, and served as Head of General Development Policy and Planning Unit.
Antila was posted from 2007 to 2011 in Lusaka, where she was also a Finnish Ambassador to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi in 2007–2011. After that, she was the Finnish Ambassador to Tanzania in Dar es Salaam from 2011 to 2015.<ref>[https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/suomen-uudet-edustustonpaallikot-aloittavat-syyskuussa?publisherId=1797&releaseId=50325 Suomen uudet edustustonpäälliköt aloittavat syyskuussa.] Suomen Tietotoimisto, 26 August 2011. Read 28 March 2017</ref><ref name="formin">[http://www.finland.or.tz/public/default.aspx?nodeid=42162&contentlan=1&culture=fi-FI Kahdenväliset suhteet.] Suomen suurlähetystö, Dar es Salaam. 22 December 2016. Read 28 March 2017.</ref> From 2019 to 2023, she was the European Union ambassador to Namibia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-13 |title=Sinikka Antila appointed EU Ambassador to Namibia |url=https://finlandabroad.fi/web/nam/current-affairs/-/asset_publisher/h5w4iTUJhNne/content/sinikka-antila-eu-suurlahettilaaksi-namibiaan/35732 |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=Finland abroad: Namibia |language=en-US}}</ref>
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