Harju Jori
Rear Admiral
Assignment
Commander of the Finnish Navy
Date and place
20th October 1964, Alajärvi, Finland
Family
Spouse Irja-Liisa Harju
Three children
Military Education
- Conscript Service 1984-85
- Military Academy 1987-90
- Captain Course 1994
- Senior Staff Officer Course 1997-98
- General Staff Officer Course, 1998-99
- National Defence University
- Pedagogies studies, Helsinki University 1998-99
- High Command Course 2004
- Combined Joint Task Force course 2005
- Intelligent course 2010
- High Command Course operations 2016
Career
- Conscript, Vaasa Coast Artillery 1984-85
- Platoon Leader, Vaasa Coast Artillery 1990-91
- Instructor, Coast Artillery School 1991-97
- Chief of Operations, Kotka Coastal Command 1999-2002
- Deputy Chief of JOC, Defence Command / J3 2002-05
- LNO, CCC USCENTCOM, USA 2004
- Staff Officer, Operations Division, Navy Command 2005-06
- Chief of Plans (strategy), Operations Division, Navy Command 2006-08
- Staff Officer J5 (Plans and Policy), Defence Command 2008-09
- Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence 2009-11
- CO of Suomenlinna Coastal Regiment 2011-2013
- Chief of Joint Operations Centre 2013-2015
- Deputy Commander, Sector West, UNIFIL 2015
- ACOS OPS Finnish Navy 2015
- Deputy chief of staff operation, COO Finnish Navy 1.8.2016
- Commander of the Finnish Navy 2022
Promotions
- Rear Admiral
- Commodore 2018
- Captain (NAVY) 2015
- Commander 2007
- Lieutenant commander 1999
- Captain 1995
- First Lieutenant 1991
- Lieutenant 1990
- Second Lieutenant 1986
Decorations
- Commander, First Class, Order of the Lion of Finland
- Medal for Military Merits
- Medal for National Defence
- Cross of the Coast Artillery Foundations
- Medal of the United Nations
Languages
Finnish, English, Swedish