Student times and politics During his studies, Korvenheimo was the Secretary of the
Ylioppilaslehti and vice president. 1961–1963, Secretary General of the Student Union of the
University of Helsinki 1966–1967, and prior to the
Ministry for Foreign Affairs he was the Social Democratic Party's International Affairs Research and Information Semiotics 1967–1970. He has been involved in the
Social Democratic Party since the late 1950s. Korvenheimo was nominated as a party secretary candidate in 1969, but ultimately lost to Kalevi Sorsa. Jukka Seppinen has later claimed in his book
Kalevi Sorsa, SDP:n vallan vakauttaja (2008), that the
Soviet Union labeled Korvenheimo as a right wing candidate in attempt to influence the vote.
As Diplomat Korvenheimo has worked as Secretary of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in
Rio de Janeiro and in
Prague from 1971 to 1975, as Chargé d'Affaires in
Lisbon 1975–1978, as Assistant Director in the Department of Political Affairs in 1978-1982 and in
Brazil as Ambassador 1982-1987 as Foreign Affairs Officer in 1987–1989; Ambassador in
Tel Aviv 1989–1993;
Buenos Aires, 1993–1996. and
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