Nurmi, Sami Heikki

   Major General

    Position

     Deputy Chief of Staff Strategy

    Date and place of birth

     6 April 1967, Riihimäki

    Family    

     Wife Kirsi Nurmi One child

   Education

  • Matriculation, Pohjolanrinne High School 1987
  • Military service, Uusimaa (Nyland) Brigade, 1987
  • Military Academy, Cadet Course 76, 1989–1992
  • Senior Staff Officer Course 2000
  • General Staff Officer Course 2001
  • National Defence Course 176, 2006
  • Senior Command Course 2008
  • High Command Course 2019

    Tasks        

  • Various tasks, Uusimaa (Nyland) Brigade 1992–1996
  • Staff Officer, IFOR/SFOR, Finnish Battalion 1996–1997
  • Senior Staff Officer, Defence Command 1997–2001
  • Senior Staff Officer, Finnish Intelligence Research Establishment 2001–2002
  • Senior Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence 2002–2007 
  • Senior Staff Officer, Defence Command 2007–2009
  • Assistant Defence Attaché, United States and Canada 2009–2012
  • Battalion Commander, Uusimaa (Nyland) Brigade 2012–2013
  • Senior Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence 2013–2015
  • Assistant to Chief of Staff, European Union Military Staff (EUMS), Brussels, Belgium 2016–2018
  • Director of Public Information, Defence Command 2018–2019
  • Director of National Defence Courses, National Defence University 2019–2021
  • Head of Unit, Ministry of Defence 2021–2024
  • Deputy Chief of Staff Strategy 2024

    Promotions    

  • Lieutenant 1992
  • First Lieutenant 1993
  • Captain 1998
  • Major 2001
  • Lieutenant Colonel 2010
  • Colonel 2016
  • Brigadier General 2021
  • Major General 2024

    Decorations    

  • Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • Knight, First Class, the Order of the Lion of Finland
  • Medal for Military Merits
  • Signal Cross
  • NATO medal, IFOR/SFOR Operation, Bosnia Herzegovina
  • CSDP medal, MPCC, Brussels

    Languages    

       Finnish, English, Swedish, French

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