Juha Christensen is a Finnish businessman, philanthropist[1] and negotiator who played an instrumental role in the 2005 Aceh peace process.
[10][8] In February 2004 Christensen contacted Martti Ahtisaari, the former President of Finland, who he knew personally,[11] to become involved in peace negotiations.
[10] Christensen was also able to connect another old friend, Farid Husain,[12] then the Indonesian Minister of Health, with Ahtisaari and the Finnish CMI (Crisis Management Initiative).
[13][14] Following the peace agreement, Christensen was a special adviser to the Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) until 2006.
[15] In 2015, Christensen negotiated the surrender and disarming of Din Minimi,[16][17] a former GAM militant, and 30 of his followers east of Banda Aceh.