Osmo Buller

Finnish Esperantist (born 1950)
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Osmo Buller
Osmo Buller at the UEA Headquarters Open House in Rotterdam, 2016
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Taivalkoski, Oulu, Finland
OrganizationUniversal Esperanto Association
Political partyEsperantist

Osmo Buller is a Finnish Esperantist (born 1950) is the General Director of the Universal Esperanto Association.

Having been an active participant at the 1969 World Congress of Esperanto (Universala Kongreso de Esperanto), he began a career with the Finnish Esperanto Association. In 1985 he first began working in the World Esperanto Association Central Office.[1] He became board secretary to the Estraro (UEA steering committee) in 1989 but resigned in 1990 to become director of the Central Office.

Subsequent to his period of directorship he became UEA general secretary in 1996. In protest at the election of Renato Corsetti as UEA president, he resigned his office in 2001 but returned in 2004. He was named Esperantist of the Year in 2001.

References

  1. ^ Kniivilä, Kalle. "La demisia letero de Osmo Buller — Libera Folio". www.liberafolio.org (in Esperanto). Retrieved 2024-02-29.

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year awarded
  • 1998: William Auld United Kingdom
  • 1999: Kep Enderby Australia
  • 2000: Hans Bakker Netherlands
  • 2000: Maŭro La Torre Italy
  • 2000: Jouko Lindstedt Finland
  • 2001: Osmo Buller Finland
  • 2002: Michel Duc-Goninaz France
  • 2003: Dafydd ab Iago United Kingdom
  • 2004: Helmar Frank Germany
  • 2005: Povilas Jegorovas Lithuania
  • 2006: Bertilo Wennergren Sweden
  • 2007: Peter Zilvar Germany
  • 2008: Ilona Koutny Hungary
  • 2009: Aleksander Korzhenkov Russia
  • 2010: Katalin Kováts Hungary
  • 2011: Dennis Keefe United States
  • 2012: Peter Baláž Slovakia
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  • 2014: Mireille Grosjean Switzerland
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  • 2017: Huang Yinbao China
  • 2018: Hori Jasuo Japan
  • 2019: Anna Löwenstein United Kingdom
  • 2020: Fernando Maia Jr. Brazil
  • 2021: Halina Gorecka Russia
  • 2022: Edmund Grimley Evans United Kingdom
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