Repo, Tuomo
Brigadier General
Position
Commander of Kainuu Brigade
Date and place of birth
28 April 1967, Iisalmi
Family
Married, spouse Laila Repo
Three daughters
Career
- Matriculation examination, Iisalmi Upper Secondary School 1986
- Conscript service, Kainuu Brigade, 1987–1988
- Deputy Platoon Leader, Kainuu Brigade 1988
- Officer's Degree, Military Academy 1988-1991
- Instructor, Training Programme Leader and Company Second-in-Command, Kainuu Brigade 1991–1997
- Peacetime Company Commander Course 1994
- Wartime Battalion Commander Course 1995
- Company Commander, Kainuu Brigade, 1997-1998
- Senior Staff Officer Course and General Staff Officer Course 1998–2000
- Chief of Section, Kuopio Military Province Headquarters 2000-2002
- Senior Staff Officer, Operations Division, Defence Command 2002-2006
- Liaison Officer, US Central Command, Tampa, Florida 2005
- Senior Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence 2006-2009
- Senior Command Course 2008
- Commander, Uusimaa Jaeger Battalion, Guard Jaeger Regiment 2009-2012
- Chief of the Training Section, Personnel Division Defence Command 2012-2014
- Student Officer, National Defence University 2014
- Senior Course 124, Nato Defence College, Rome 2014
- Deputy Military Attaché, Mission of Finland to NATO, Brussels 2014–2017
- Commanding Officer, Kainuu Brigade 2017–
- High Command Course 2017
- National Defence Course 2018
Promotions
- 1988 Second Lieutenant
- 1990 Lieutenant
- 1992 First Lieutenant
- 1996 Captain
- 2000 Major
- 2008 Lieutenant Colonel
- 2014 Colonel
- 2017 Brigadier General
Decorations
- Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland
- Medal for Military Merits
- Cross of Merit of the Infantry
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English