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The Finnish Defence Forces

General Janne Jaakkola
Chief of Defence
General Janne Jaakkola

Defence Command

Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen
Chief of Defence Command Finland
Lieutenant General Vesa Virtanen
Lieutenant General Jari Mikkonen
Deputy Chief of Staff, Armaments and Logistics
Lieutenant General Jari Mikkonen
Lieutenant General Kari Nisula
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
Lieutenant General Kari Nisula
Major General Sami Nurmi
Deputy Chief of Staff, Strategy
Major General Sami Nurmi
Major General Rami Saari
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel
Major General Rami Saari
Commodore Jukka Anteroinen
Chief of Planning
Commodore Jukka Anteroinen
Brigadier General Aki Heikkinen
Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations
Brigadier General Aki Heikkinen
Major General Jarmo Vähätiitto
Defence Command Chief of C5
Major General Jarmo Vähätiitto
Brigadier General Timo Saarinen
Chief of Logistics
Brigadier General Timo Saarinen
Brigadier General Vesa Valtonen
Chief of Personnel (J1)
Brigadier General Vesa Valtonen
Commodore Medical Juha-Petri Ruohola
Chief Surgeon
Commodore Medical Juha-Petri Ruohola
Jukka Pekka Asikainen
Field Bishop
Jukka Pekka Asikainen
Brigadier General Manu Tuominen
Assistant Chief of Staff J7 Training
Brigadier General Manu Tuominen
Brigadier General Pekka Turunen
Defence Command Chief of Intelligence
Brigadier General Pekka Turunen

Army

Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki
Commander of the Finnish Army
Lieutenant General Pasi Välimäki
Major General Jukka Jokinen
Chief of Staff, Army Command
Major General Jukka Jokinen
Brigadier General Sami-Antti Takamaa
Chief of Operations, Army Command
Brigadier General Sami-Antti Takamaa
Brigadier General Jyri Raitasalo
Commander, Karjala Brigade
Brigadier General Jyri Raitasalo
Brigadier General Ari Laaksonen
Commander, Kainuu Brigade
Brigadier General Ari Laaksonen
Brigadier General Jami Virta
Commander, Pori Brigade
Brigadier General Jami Virta

Navy

Rear Admiral Tuomas Tiilikainen
Commander of the Finnish Navy
Rear Admiral Tuomas Tiilikainen
Commodore Janne Huusko
Chief of Staff, Navy Command Finland
Commodore Janne Huusko

Air Force

Major General Timo Herranen
Commander, Air Force
Major General Timo Herranen
Brigadier General Aki Puustinen
Chief of Staff Finnish Air Force
Brigadier General Aki Puustinen

National Defence University

Major General Mika Kalliomaa
Rector of the National Defence University
Major General Mika Kalliomaa

Special Assignments

Lieutenant General Kim Jäämeri
Military Representative to the EU and NATO
Lieutenant General Kim Jäämeri
Brigadier General Markku Viitasaari
Director of the National Defence Unit, Ministry of Defence
Brigadier General Markku Viitasaari
Brigadier General Jarkko Karsikas
Chief of Staff NATO’s Communication & Information Systems Group
Brigadier General Jarkko Karsikas

Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command

Major General Tero Ylitalo
Chief of Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command
Major General Tero Ylitalo
Brigadier General Engineering Juha-Matti Ylitalo
Deputy Manager of Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command
Brigadier General Engineering Juha-Matti Ylitalo
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